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Capitoline Wolf
Rome, Italy


Etruscan Bronze Sculpture
She-wolf
Remus & Romulus
Twins might have been placed later (renassiance)

Ficoroni Cista
Palestrina, Italy

By Novios Plautios
Container for woman toiletries
engraved with the myth of the argonauts


Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars)
Perugia, Italy

Round or true Arch
Columns
Relief Statues
Arcuated Architcture- Arch
No Support Function
Etruscan grid was copied by romans

Lars Pulena
Tarquinia, Italy

Death demons
Holding Scroll of Iife

Julius Cesar

July named after Julius
Cesar for Cesarean Section or C-section
Great military genius Politician and womanizer
Assinated in march

Barrel Vault


Groin Vault

Fenestrated Sequence of Groin Vaults

Hemispherical dome with Oculus

Temple of Portunus
Rome, Italy

Ionic Columns
Pediment
Etruscan- Raised on Podium
Engaged Columns

Temple of Vesta
Tivoli, Italy

CIrcular
Tholos- Circular tempe
Goddess Vest/Vestal Virgins
Pontiflex-Pope


Head of Old Man

Marble
Life-Size
Superrealistic also known as Verism

Funerary Relief with Portraits of the Gessii
Roms, Italy

Marble
Former slaves depicted
Individuality
Gessii

Atrium House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy

Private Roman TownHouse
Central Atrium

Atrium- An indoor garden allowing air and rain sometimes with an optional pool or impluvium

Incrustation Style
Samnite House
Herculaneum, Italy

Incrustation
Architectual Style illusion of an imaginary 3D world on walls
Anti thesis of Incrustation

Dionysiac Mystery Frieze
Pompeii, Italy

Wine
Physical Pleasure

(Architectual style)
Ornate Style Delicate Linear Fantasies Sketeched on predominately monochromatic (one Color) backgrounds

Cubiculum

Linear Fantasies
Monochromatic
Illusion Style or fourth style
Is a mixture o the three previous styles inluding the illusionism

Ixion Room (triclinium P) of the house ov Vettii
Pompeii, Italy

Mural Decortation

Note: Statue pontopostro

Neptune and amphitrite
Herculaneum, Italy

Wall Mosaic
Wave motif
Symmetrical

Still Life With Peaches
Fresco 4th style

Lighting and Shadows
Realism

Portrait as augustus as General
Primaporta, Italy

Copy of Bronze Original
Never aging son of a God
Cupid on bottom

Portrait Bust of livia
Arsinoe, Egypt

marble
Remains Young
sharped divine features
wife of augustus

Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace, Looking Northeast)
Rome, Italy

Tellus
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Female Personification Relief on Altar of Augustus

Personification
Babies, epitomize the fruits of the pax Augusta

Pont-du-gard (aqueduct Bridge)

True or round Arches
3 Levels

Bottom Layer- Undressed stones
Rustication- Rough undressed stones for a country look


Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy

3 Courses
Each Having arches
worlds largest amphitheater
built for entertainment - Housing up to 50,000 spectators
Wood at top was for a protective canvas

3 courses of Colosseum

1st Tuscan Doric
2nd is Ionic
3rd Corinthian

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Portrait of Vespasian

Confident
skilled
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Arch of Titus
Rome, Italy

Times new Roman font on top
serous

Spoils of Jerusalem Relief panel from the arch of titus
Rome, Italy

Panel from the Arch of titus
Marble
Conquest of judean
Roman Soldiers Carry the spoils from jewish temple


Triumph of Titus
From arch of titus

Marble
Titus in Chariot

Column of Trajan
Rome, Italy

Spiral Frieze
Story of Dacian wars in 150 Episodes


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Pantheon
Rome, Italy

Dome
Porch
Arch vault and Dome
Dedicated to gods and godesses
142ft in diameter
Architectual lift
Coffers - sunken panel covered in gold
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Model of an insula

Multi story brick-faced concrete insulae

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Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina
Rome, Italy

Marble
Well proportioned Figures
Personification

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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Rome, Italy

Bronze
Omnipotent Conquerer
Arm stretched in gesture of Clemency
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Mummmy portrait of a priest of serapis

Encaustic on wood
Realism
Egyptian religious style
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Portrait of caracalla

Marble
Baracks emperor
head turned in suspected danger


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Battle of romans and Barbarians
Rome, Italy


Battle of romans and Barbarians
Rome, Italy


Battle of romans and Barbarians
Rome, Italy


Portraits of the four tetrarchs
Porphyry

Diocletian- established the tetrarchy to bring order to the roman world


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Arch of constatine
3 arches

Trajan, Hadrian& Marcus Aurelius

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Portrait of Constatine
Marble
augustan image