Chapter 6 - Etruscan/Roman Art Flashcards
Romans were first to use ___ arch extensively
Round
The result of crossing two barrel vaults
Groin vault
Building material pioneered by Romans
Concrete
Domed structure with a temple front and an oculus
Pantheon
Built the largest forum in Rome and commissioned artists to tell the story in a spiraling frieze on a giant colum
Emperor Trajan
First emperor of Rome, also inaugurated the Pax Augstea
Octavian Augustus
Roman emperor whose military accomplishments are reflected in bronze equestrian statue
Marcus Aurelius
First Christian emperor, was baptized on his deathbed
Constantine
Type of perspective used in roman paintings that was not created mathematically
Intuitive perspective
Vacation home in Pompeii depicting Dyonisian cults
Villa of the Mysteries
Mosaic depicting aftermath of a banquet
The Unswept Floor
Group sculpt that marks a return to abstraction and idealization
The Tetrarchs
Fresco illustrating passage from life to death of a young man
Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia
Trend in Roman republican portraiture depicting subjects in realistic detail without idealization
Verism
Sculptor combined orator pose with contropossto
Augustus of Primaporta