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ANCIENT ROME: 

ANCIENT ROME The Spirit of Empire

Romulus & Remus: 

Romulus & Remus

Etruscan: 

Apollo from Veii 500 b.c Life size Baked clay (terracotta) Archaic Greek influence (smile, stance) p. 71 Etruscan

Earlier Periods: 

Earlier Periods Pre-Etruscan 1000-700 BC Ertruscan 700-509 BC - strong enough to resist Greeks And then came the LATINS

3 Roman Periods: 

3 Roman Periods Roman Republic 509 - 27 BC Early empire 27 BC - 180 AD PAX ROMANA ends with the reign of Marcus Aurelius Late empire 180 - 395 AD about 900 years

But first some connections and comparisons . . .: 

But first some connections and comparisons . . . Ancient Greek Hellenistic Age ends in 145 BC – why? ROMAN CONQUEST

Other cultures: 

Other cultures Ancient Egypt 3150 – 702 BC about 2500 years China Shang Dynasty starts 1523 BC; more-or-less continuous Chinese culture since then, about 3500 years Qin Dynasty consolidates China, 221-206 BC, about 16 years Han Dynasty 206 BC – 220 CE classical phase of Chinese civilization, about 400 years ROME – 900 years

3 timelines: 

3 timelines Roman Republic Early & Late Imperial Rome HAN DYNASTY - CHINA Classical Greek Hellenistic Archaic Greek Qin 3 Kingdoms Chin 0 Zhou

Classical – some definitions: 

Classical – some definitions [culturally inclusive] Definitive (defining) and enduring [narrow sense] art & architecture of Greek & Roman antiquity [another general sense] ‘art which aspires to emotional and physical equilibrium, rationally rather than intuitively constructed’

Roman contributions: 

Roman contributions Literature Continuation of Greek models in art & philosophy Architecture

Post & Lintel construction: 

Post & Lintel construction LINTEL P O S T P O S T GREEK PARTHENON

Post & Lintel drawbacks: 

Post & Lintel drawbacks LINTEL P O S T thick P O S T thick narrow

Something new under the sun . . .: 

Something new under the sun . . .

Roman ARCHitecture: 

Roman ARCHitecture

Arches – strength through compression: 

Arches – strength through compression

Pont du Gard (in France): 

Pont du Gard (in France) Inventions reached their limit a long time ago, and I see no hope for further development. Julius Frontius, 1st century AD

Pantheon: 

Pantheon p. 82-83

Pantheon: 

Pantheon

Pantheon plan: 

Pantheon plan

Interior views: 

Interior views Engineering marvel Concrete!

Interior more spectacular than exterior: 

Interior more spectacular than exterior

Pantheon comments: 

Pantheon comments later used as church Missing pedimental sculpture (would have been like Parthenon) Tuscan order of columns (with Corinthian capitals)

Coliseum: 

Coliseum Brings together the violence and the achievements of Roman society Home of gladiatorial contests…man vs.man, man vs. animal, animal vs. animal Seating designed for comfort with an expandable covering over the top Plumbing which could wash away the blood or create an ‘inland sea’ on which to have mock sea battles POWER (POLITICS) & PLEASURE

plan: 

plan

Domestic Architecture: 

Domestic Architecture Domus = house Atrium = entrance to house Outside plain, inside elaborate. Homes were considered sanctuaries Atrium would often have sculptures of family members

Slide29: 

Atrium

House of Vettii Garden: 

House of Vettii Garden