Final Images Flashcards
NAME: Trebonianus Gallus
MATERIAL: bronze
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: late empire
FACTS:
- fully nude- greek heroism, he’s stocky…new body aesethitic that stresses strength
- older, facial hair, worry lines on forehead…reflection of all the bad things that are going on; visual representation of anxiety
NAME: flavian amphitheater
MATERIAL: concrete and stone
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: early empire
FACTS:
- different levels for different members of society
- very large; had underground structures for various events
NAME: procession
MATERIAL: carrara marble
LOCATION: altar of peace, rome
CULTURE: augustan
FACTS:
- symbolic of everyone being on board for augustus
- women and children are a way of showing stability (can carry on the dynasty)
NAME: insula
MATERIAL: concrete
LOCATION: pompeii
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- a rental note tells us there were 3 units (shop with a loft, upper floor apartments, and houses)
- similar to atrium style houses of rome (mix of residential with commercial, visual axis)
NAME: Model of Settlement
MATERIAL: wood and mud
LOCATION: Palatine Hill, Rome
CULTURE: Monarchy
FACTS:
- Really basic structures when comapred to Etruscans
- Cluster of rustic small huts with 1 room, no streets or sidewalks
NAME: entrance
MATERIAL: stucco and fresco
LOCATION: samnite house, herculaneum
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- first style (imitation marble, they didn’t have enough money for actual marble)
- greek influence (marble)
NAME: Hercules and Minerva
MATERIAL: painted terracotta
LOCATION: cattle market temple, rome
CULTURE: monarchy
FACTS:
- seems etruscan in style
- shows etruscan influence
NAME: tomb of the gessii
MATERIAL: stone
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- slaves are not remembered by their lineage but by their owner, which is why the owner is on there
- slave on the right is wearing a roman toga, so celebrating his new citizenship, and her garment shows modesty, which was not allowed to slaves
NAME: upper story of portico
MATERIAL: carrara marble
LOCATION: forum of auagustus, rome
CULTURE: augustan
FACTS:
- caraytids- augustus wants us to think of him as pericles of the athenian acropolis, i.e. the “golden age of greece”
- zeus amman- grecco-egyptian god, said to be father of alexander the great (remind people that he is like Alexander and that he just made egypt a roman province)
NAME: aeneas relief
MATERIAL: carrara marble
LOCATION: altar of peace, rome
CULTURE: augustan
FACTS:
- shows piety- he is making an offering with his toga over his head
- augustus is tracing his ancestry back to aeneas and therefore venus (saying he is of divine, important origin)
NAME: decursio
MATERIAL: marble
LOCATION: base of column of antonius pius, rome
CULTURE: high empire
FACTS:
- shows ritual parade around funerary pyre
- has multiple ground lines to show movement around
NAME: interior of panthenon
MATERIAL: concrete and marble
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: high empire
FACTS:
- mix of gemoteric shapes (important to hadrian); recesses in wall are alternating, niche in between recesses are alternating
- floor is made of expensive, imported marble
NAME: plan of pantheon
MATERIAL: concrete and marble
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: high empire
FACTS:
- typical roman temple from front, but large dome on top (bigger than treasury of atreus)
- alternating shapes, projecting inward and outward
NAME: small room
MATERIAL: fresco
LOCATION: villa at boscoreale
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- second style (illusion of depth with architecture)
- makes the wall dissapear; not look like a wall
NAME: canopus
MATERIAL: marble
LOCATION: hadrian’s villa, tivoli
CULTURE: high empire
FACTS:
- replicas of famous greek statuary surround the pool, reference to golden age of athens
- arcuated lintels are alternating shapes, flat and curved
NAME: plan of amphitheater
MATERIAL: earth and concrete
LOCATION: pompeii
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- first amphitheater
- used greek building techinuqes with roman use of concrete (created an artifical hillside, but used concrete to build a retaining wall)
NAME: arch of titus
MATERIAL: marble
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: early empire
FACTS:
- building arches was the thing to do after a victory
- depicts various scenes of conquering and looting
NAME: forum of trajan
MATERIAL: concrete and marble
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: high empire
FACTS:
- held the column of trajan
- market spaces, libraries, basilica
NAME: temple of portunus
MATERIAL: stone
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- greek influence (ionic columns, pseudo-periteral, use of stone)
- etruscan influence (high platform, frontality, cella in back)
NAME: Apulu of Veii
MATERIAL: Painted Terracotta
LOCATION: Veii
CULTURE: Etruscan
FACTS:
- would have been on the roof of a temple, which is charactertistic of Etruscan temples
- Kind of an Archaic style, but not into male nudity like Greeks, and more motion than Greeks
NAME: augustus as general
MATERIAL: marble
LOCATION: primaporta
CULTURE: augustan
FACTS:
- greek inspiration for his body (polykleito’s spear bearer); no more verism, so more of a greek ideal youth
- cupid and dolphin call upon his venus ancestry
NAME: roman general
MATERIAL: marble
LOCATION: italy
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- verism- supposed to look old and wise
- greek influence (perfect body, a lot of nudity, strong and fit)
NAME: funerary statue
MATERIAL: marble
LOCATION: rome
CULTURE: early empire
FACTS:
- looks like praxitele’s aphrodite, totally nude, lack of modesty, but with hairstyle of flavian woman statue
- verism
NAME: tetrarchs
MATERIAL: porphyry
LOCATION: constantinople
CULTURE: late empire
FACTS:
- all have swords- going to work together to protect the empire…all look the same for the most part
- shows succession- one has facial hair in each pair, so depicts an older person and a younger person
NAME: Severan Portrait
MATERIAL: paint on wood
LOCATION: egypt
CULTURE: late empire
FACTS:
- Caracalla ordered that his brother’s face is scratched out (damnatio memoriae)
- Curly hair, meant to make viewers think of Marcus Aurelius…Severus is saying he belongs in that dynasty…claims to have been adopted by Aurelius
NAME: capitolium
MATERIAL: concrete
LOCATION: pompeii
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- roman colonists converted the temple of apollo to tis, marking it as a roman colony
- traditionally roman- frontality, 3 cellas, concrete
NAME: small room
MATERIAL: fresco
LOCATION: house of the vettii. pompeii
CULTURE: early empire
FACTS:
- 4th style, combo of other 3 styles
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NAME: black room
MATERIAL: fresco
LOCATION: villa at boscoreale
CULTURE: early empire
FACTS:
- third style (no more optical illusions; unrealistic architecture)
- wall becomes a wall again; monochrome
NAME: temple of jupiter optimus maximus
MATERIAL: stone
LOCATION: capitoline hill, rome
CULTURE: monarchy
FACTS:
- resembles etruscan temple (decoration on roof, steps only in front, 3 cellas in back)
- he is the most important god to rome…and his temple is etruscan
NAME: sanctuary of fortuna
MATERIAL: concrete
LOCATION: palestrina
CULTURE: republic
FACTS:
- transformation of a natural hillside using concrete
- influence of greeks (multiple levels, dramatic placement, “hidden” temple at top)
NAME: Arch of Constantine
MATERIAL: Marble
LOCATION: Rome
CULTURE: Late Empire
FACTS:
- after he won over Maxentius to become emperor of the West, and after he decided to believe in the Christian god
- not a foreign enemy, but actually a fellow roman that he’s killed
NAME: double-sided portrait
MATERIAL: encaustic on wood
LOCATION: faiyum, egypt
CULTURE: high empire
FACTS:
- vivid, realistic depictions of real people…combo of egyptian funerary customs with roman painting techniques
- multiple versions, because they would have to update their portrait if they kept living after it was comissioned
