Roman Art

Question 1

Answer 1

• Temple of Portunus “Fortuna Virilis”
• Rome ca. 75 B.C.
• Ionic, pseudoperipteral

Question 2

Answer 2

• Temple of the Sibyl/Vesta
• Trivoli, Italy, ca. early first century B.C.
• Corinthian, concrete

Question 3

Answer 3

• Relief with Funerary Procession
• Amiternum, Italy, ca. first century B.C.
• Limestone
• L’Aquila

Question 4

Answer 4

• Head of a Roman Patrician
• Otricoli, Italy ca. 75-50 B.C.
• Verism
• Rome

Question 5

Answer 5

• Denarius with portrait of Julius Ceasar
• 44 B.C.
• Silver
• New York

Question 6

Answer 6

• Amphitheater
• Pompeii ca. 80 B.C.

Question 7

Answer 7

• Brawl in the Pompeii Amphitheater
• Pompeii, Italy ca. 60-79 A.D.
• Cloth awning, painting
• Naples

Question 8

Answer 8

• Atrium of the House of the Vettii
• Pompeii ca. second century B.C. and 62-79 A.D.
• impluvium, peristyle garden, Vettiius brothers

Question 9

Answer 9

• First style
• Samnite house in Herculaneum

Question 10

Answer 10

• Dionysiac Mystery frieze in the Villa of Mysteries
• Pompeii ca. 60-50 B.C.
• Second Style

Question 11

Answer 11

• Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor
• Second style ca. 50-40 B.C.
• New York

Question 12

Answer 12

• Villa of Livia
• Second Style Primaporta ca. 30-20 B.C.
• Rome

Question 13

Answer 13

• Villa of Agrippa Postumus
• Third Style ca. 10 B.C.
• New York

Question 14

Answer 14

• Domus Aurea
• Fourth Style Rome ca. 64-68 A.D.

Question 15

Answer 15

• House of the Vettii Ixion Room
• Fourth Style Pompeii ca. 70-79 A.D.

Question 16

Answer 16

• Neptune and Amphitrite
• House of Neptune and Amphitrite, herculaneum ca. 62-79 A.D.
• mosaic

Question 17

Answer 17

• Portrait of a husband and wife
• Pompeii ca. 70-79 A.D.
• in an exedra (recess)
• Naples

Question 18

Answer 18

• Portrait of Augustus as general
• From Primaporta, Italy ca. 20 B.C.
• Cupid at feet
• Rome

Question 19

Answer 19

• Portrait bust of Livia
• From Faiyum, Egypt ca. first century A.D.
• Copenhagen

Question 20

Answer 20

• Ara Pacis Augustae
• From Rome 13-9 B.C.

Question 21

Answer 21

• Female Personification (Tellus)
• East facade of the Ara Pacis Augustae
• Tellus, Pax, Ceres, or Venus

Question 22

Answer 22

• Maison Carree
• Nimes, France ca. 1-10 A.D.
• Corinthian, pseudoperipteral

Question 23

Answer 23

• Pont-du-Gard
• Nimes, France ca. 16 B.C.
• aqueduct

Question 24

Answer 24

• Porta Maggiore
• Rome ca. 50 A.D.
• Comissioned by Claudius, aqueduct

Question 25

Answer 25

• Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
• Rome ca. 70-80 A.D.
• Comissioned by Vespasian, columns: DIC (bottom up)
• Named for the Colossus of Nero

Question 26

Answer 26

• Portrait of Vespasian
• From Ostia, Italy ca. 69-79 A.D.
• Veristic
• Rome

Question 27

Answer 27

• Portrait Bust of a flavian Woman
• From Rome ca. 90 A.D.
• Rome

Question 28

Answer 28

• Arch of Titus
• Rome ca. 81 A.D.
• Triumphal arch, Composite capitals
• For the sacking of Jerusalem

Question 29

Answer 29

• Model of the Forum of Trajan (Apollodorus of Damascus)
• Rome ca. 112 A.D.

Question 30

Answer 30

• Column of Trajan
• Forum of Trajan, Rome ca. 112 A.D.
• Sprial frieze of victory over the Dacians

Question 31

Answer 31

• Markets of Trajan (Apollodorus)
• Rome ca. 100-112 A.D.
• Groin Vaults

Question 32

Answer 32

• Arch of Trajan
• Benevento, Italy ca. 114-118
• Created after the Via Traiana

Question 33

Answer 33

• Funerary relief of a circus official
• Ostia, Italy ca. 110-130 A.D.
• Continuous narration
• Vatican Museum, Rome

Question 34

Answer 34

• Portrait bust of Hadrian
• From Israel, ca 130-138 A.D.
• Bronze, brought back beard
• Jerusalem

Question 35

Answer 35

• Pantheon
• Rome ca. 118-125 A.D.
• Circular dome, oculus, coffers, marble floors

Question 36

Answer 36

• Canopus and Serapeum
• Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli ca. 130-138 A.D,

Question 37

Answer 37

• Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina
• Pedestal of the column of Antoninus Pius Rome ca. 161 A.D.
• Vatican Museum, Rome

Question 38

Answer 38

• Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
• Rome ca. 175
• Bronze
• Captitoline Museum, Rome

Question 39

Answer 39

• Sarcophagus with the myth of Orestes
• ca. 140-150 A.D.
• Cleveland

Question 40

Answer 40

• Mummy Portrait of a man
• From Faiyum, Egypt ca. 160-170 A.D.
• Encaustic on wood
• Buffalo

Question 41

Answer 41

• Septimius Severus and his family
• From Egypt ca. 200 A.D.
• Tempera on wood
• Berlin

Question 42

Answer 42

• Portrait of Caracalla
• ca. 211-217 A.D.
• New York

Question 43

Answer 43

• Central hall (frigidarium) of the Baths of Caracalla
• Rome ca. 212-216 A.D.
• Groin Vaults

Question 44

Answer 44

• Portrait bust of Trajan Decius
• ca. 249-251 A.D.
• Verism
• Capitoline Museum, Rome

Question 45

Answer 45

• Trebonianus Gallus
• Rome ca. 251-253 A.D.
• Not idealized
• Met, New York

Question 46

Answer 46

• Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
• Rome ca. 250-260 A.D.
• Romans vs Goths
• Rome

Question 47

Answer 47

• Sarcophagus of a Philosopher
• ca. 270-280
• Vatican Museum, Rome

Question 48

Answer 48

• Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs
• ca. 305 A.D.
• Porphyry (purple marble)
• Venice

Question 49

Answer 49

• Arch of Constantine
• Rome ca. 312-315 A.D.
• Erected after victory at Milvian Bridge and defeat of Maxentius

Question 50

Answer 50

• Portrait of Constantine
• Rome ca. 315-330 A.D.
• From the Basilica Nova in Rome
• Only head, elbow, and hand survive
• Rome