Final Ancient Painting Flashcards
Roman Republic
509-27 BCE
Roman Empire
27 BCE - 400 CE
Techniques
Fresco, medium beeswax, casein
Funerary relief of decorations at work
2nd C CE (group work everyone has a job)
Tombe van Philippus
Depth, perspectiv, color and shading, Hellenistic inspired
House of the trident
Delos, late 2nd/early 1st century BCE (wall decoration is painted but looks like stone)
Military scene
Rooms, 3rd c BCE
Odyssey scenes
50BCE Inscriptions are Greek, landscape is start off painting, depth, understanding of light/dark
First Style
Masonry
Second Style
Architectural
Third Style
Ornate
Fourth Style
Intricate
House of sallust
Late 2nd early 1st BCE , 1st style
August Mau
Identified 4 Roman Painting styles
Villa of mysteries
Pompeii, 60-50 BCE (architectural 2nd style), no adult men at all, saters allowed, woman nursing deer, disturbed women, bride room?, no idea what happened it was all extremely secretive
Villa of Livia Prima Porta
20bce, Nature in house
Roll
Scroll
Codex
Book introduced end of 1 c CE
Vergilius vaticanus Aeneas and Dido
5th century, purple couch
Vergilius Romanus, Georgics
5th century, romanticizing farming life, animal husbandry
Vienna Genesis, Rebecca and Eliezer at the well
Early 6 c, Genesis was favored, important was stains purple, personification of well as naked goddess
rossano gospels, Christ before pilate
Early 6th c, Christ appears like we know him
Rabbula gospel, ascension
Before 586, not according to scripture, includes Mary even tho gospel didn’t have her, prefiguration of Christ to prove is him, Paul never met Christ but he’s here, 4 beats of the apocalypse
Mary
Symbol of rebirth, she wear purple because she’s a major figure, she was declared mother of god is 431
Gospel of Augustine, st Luke
Late 6c, ox is 1/4 beasts of apocalypse, he’s sacred painter bc he apparently painted Mary
Dura Europus
House Church, synagogue, and pagan
Dura Europus, synagogue
3c, has paintings which isn’t usual, 2nd commandment is no false gods
Dura-Europus house Church
3rd c, 3 stars and Mary’s, depictions of miracles (walking in water)
Boscotrecase, Villa of Agrippa Postumus, red room
11 BCE, sacred landscape
Boscotrecase, villa of agrippa postumnus, detail from cubiculum 15
11 BCE, mini landscape floating in middle
Thermopolium
Cafe (Street cafe or dine in)
Tablinum
Where man of house has his office
Golden house
64-68 BCE decided to build Palace
Domus Aurea, Room 78
Very white, elegant
Domus Aurea, Corridor 79
Linear treatment, mini paintings
House of vetti
Pompeii, 62 CE, entrance has god of erections, working penis with money, good luck and protection
Tricklinium
62 CE, Pompeii house of vetti
Snake
Can tell future, mortal messengers
Mats and Venus
1st c CE
Opus sectile
Cut stone
stag hunt
Gnosis, late 4th
Pebble mosaic
Naturally smooth stone
Opus signinum
Concrete
Opus tesselatum
True mosaic, 4 layers
Doves and bowl
Sosos, 2 BCE tiny pebbles
Pompeii, house of labrynth mosaic
1 c BCE
Pergamon, unswept floor
2 BCE, Serve fanciest of food
Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery
5 c CE