Scholarship Architecture Flashcards
Maison Carree
A01’s
Date - 16 BCE
Architect - Marcus Agrippa
Location - Nimes, France
Type - Temple, Building
Key Aspects
- Hexastyle Pseudo-peripteral
- Three column deep porch
- Corithian, fluted, acanthus capital columns
- Bare pediment
- Porch ceiling has coffer
- 15 steps raised
Inscription
- ‘To Gaius Caeser, son of Augustus, consul, to Lucius Caeser, Son of Augustus, consul designate/LKeaders of the Youth’
- Gilded in bronze
- Dedicates the temple to Augustus and his sons
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
- The Romans wanted to promote peace and/or religious supplication to the provinces
- Restoration program in Rome
- Propagates not only Augustus but the concept of Roman identity
The Pantheon
A01’s
Date - 118 - 125 BCE
Architect - Commissioned by Hadrian
Location - Campus Martius, Rome
Type - Temple, Building
Key Aspects
- Third building on the site
- Temple dedicated to Marcus Agrippa
- Large circular Cella (Rotunda)
- Vestibule
- Very deep porch
- Octosytle, Corinthian
- Concrete made it possible
Rotunda
- Split into three layers
Vestibule
Porch
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
- The pantheon was an innovative design using a rotunda (circular cella)
- It propageted the strength of the Roman Empire through the use of egyptian granite.
Venus and Roma
A01’s
Date - 121 - 141 CE
Architect - Hadrian
Location - Velian Hill, Rome
Type - Temple, Building
Key Aspects
- Consists of two main cellas each containing a cult statue of a god
- Venus, god of love/amor
- Roma, goddess of Rome
- Symetical temple
- West and East sides had ten marble columns
- North and south had 20
- Entrance was tetrastyle
- Peropteral
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
- Further symmetry is made from the AMOR ROMA of Love (Venus) and Roma
- The Venus cella contained an altar where newly wed couples could make sacrafices
- Directly next to this stood a large silver statue of Marcus Aerelius and Faustina the younger
- Hadrian wanted to prove himself as a good Emperor
Pont Du Gard
A01’s
Date - 19 BCE
Architect - Marcus Agrippa
Location - Nimes, France
Type - Monument
Key Aspects
- 1:3000 ratio to gradualy move the water using gravity.
- Supplied to Nimes, France
- 275m Long
- Bridged the river Gardon
- Made of three levels: 6, 11, 35
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Reasons/Context (A02’s)
Trajan’s Column
A01’s
Date - 112 - 113 CE
Architect - Trajan
Location - Trajan’s Forum, Rome
Type - Monument
Key Aspects
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
Arch of Constantine
A01’s
Date - 312 - 315 CE
Architect - The Senate
Location - Rome
Type - Monument
Key Aspects
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
Ara Pacis
A01’s
Date - 13 - 9 BCE
Architect - Augustus
Location - Campus Martius, Rome
Type - Monument
Key Aspects
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
Hadrian’s Baths
A01’s
Date - 126 - 127 CE
Architect - Publius valerius Priscus
Patron (Aqueduct) - Quintus Servillius Candidadus
Location - Leptis Magna, Libya
Type - Bath Complex, Building
Key Aspects
- Governor of Leptis Magna commisioned it
- Honoured Trajan and Hadrian in the inscription
- 19km aqueduct was built in preparation
- The frigidarium consisted of giant cross vaults
- Ceiling likely coffered
- Contained opus sectile
- Many statues of atheletes, heroes
- Mosaics in the plunge pool and on walls
- Marble toilets
- Stratigically, hotter rooms were in the south because of the afternoon sun
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
- Propaganda to built an aqueduct
- Included Leptus Magna into Rome’s daily life of a bathing ritual
Baths of Caracalla
A01’s
Date - 212 - 216 CE
Architect - Emperor Caracalla
Location - Rome
Type - Bath Complex, Building
Key Aspects
- Similar to the Hadrianic Baths
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Reasons/Context (A02’s)
Basilicae Nova
A01’s
Date - 303 - 312 CE
Architect - Maxentius and Constantine
Location - Rome
Type - Basilica, Building
Key Aspects
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
Basilicae Ulpia
A01’s
Date - 122 CE
Architect - Apollodorus
Patron - Trajan
Location - Rome
Type - Basilicae, Building
Key Aspects
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
Colosseum
A01’s
Date - 72 - 82 CE
Architect - Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
Location - Rome
Type - Amphiteatre, Building
Key Aspects
Reasons/Context (A02’s)
