Chapter 8 Critical Thinking Questions Flashcards
Who were the Julio-Claudians? Who is in their family tree? What led to their demise as the rulers of Rome?
Augustus and his successors, Julii and Claudii, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, long decline that ended with Nero
How can we know something of the private obessions and interests of the Emperor Tiberius?
Recluse with a Villa near the seaside at Sperlonga, collected art at his residence (Greek Baroque style), liked Homeric stories
Compare the style of the relief sculpture of the Paris Suovetaurilia and the Ara Pacis. How has art changed since the time of Augustus?
Suovetaurilia- Unity of concept, lack of spatiality of figural reliefs, figures do not recede in tripartite depth, strict profiles of people, drapery and cloth is done less carefully, bodies are modeled less carefully, less well done
Discuss the development under Claudius of a strange architectural movement known as rustication
Popular between 50-70 BCE, Porta Maggiore in Rome, working only edges of blocks or column drums and leaving the middle portions unfinished (151)
What were the innovations of Severus and Celer and what were their main constructions as Nero’s personal architects?
Created vistas that amazed the viewer, but were hard to get to the area that was being viewed, this was done through carefully place columned screens, pools and foundations for a see-but-can’t-touch effect, arches and vaults (Domus Aurea) (153-157)
Discuss the continued evolution of Roman painting styles as they are revealed at Pomepeii
Previous: 1st Style- flat wall, 2nd style- perspective, 3rd style- solid colored walls, delicate details, tiny decorative columns
4th style in 50 CE, continued elsewhere after Pompeii was destroyed in79 CE, discontinued at end of 1st C CE, square picture frames that contain more large figures and fewer landscapes (Myth Scenes), figures look more solid, House of Dioscuri (159)
One the island of Cyprus the ancient sanctuary at Kourion enjoyed a revitalization and transformation under Nero. Explained how this occurred.
5th C BCE Apollo and Resef (Phoenecian divinity) merged, Nero built a new temple
Egyptians cults become increasingly popular in Rome under Caligula. Discuss the appeal of such exotica to the average Roman
Isis seen as protector of Navigation, Caligula built a temple near Pantheon in Isis’ honor, relationship with a divinity
Nero was a flamboyant emperor who ended the Julio-Claudian line. What can we learn about his later days by studying a column at Mainz?
Erected during Nero’s time, supporting Nero, made by Publius Sulpicius Scibonius, early propoganda
Appian
Cicero-Shoemaker points people to Cicero and killed in village of Caieta, Antony’s soldier kills him (Laena)
Cleopatra- Says she’s beautiful, probs not
Power and the Authority of the Emperor
Cassius Dio on Augustus, popular assembly
