ART HISTORYANCIENT ROME
Rome adopted much of the territory and culture of Greece
SCULPTURE
Discus Thrower, Roman
marble copy after Greek
Bronze, 450 BCE. This is a
generic athlete representing
“perfect” proportion not a
portrait of an individual
person.
Aulus Metellus, late
2nd century BCE.
5’11” Bronze, a
portrait of an
individual not
idealized
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Pont du Gard, Nimes,
France, 1st century
CE., Roman bridge
and aqueduct
An ARCH is a
curved passageway
much stronger than
a rectangle
Coliseum, Rome, Italy,
72-80 CE., 29,000-foot
arena audiences watched
gladiators in combat.
Stadiums today still use
this form.
A VAULT is a long
extended arch
The Pantheon,
Rome, 118-128 CE
a temple to all
gods, used
innovative
engineering
A DOME is a curved
roof supported by a
cylindrical wall
ROMAN SPACES
Room in the House
of Publius Fannius
Synistore Boscoreale
near Pompeii Italy
1st century CE. With
mosaic floor and
wall murals
Young Woman
Writing, wall
painting,
Pompeii, late 1st
century CE.
Roman Amphitheatre
in Orange France 1st
century BCE. The
audience can hear
and see from all seats.
Ancient Rome Quiz
1.
3 pts.
2.
List 3 architectural elements that Romans often used
(1st day of notes on Rome)?
Tell 2 things about Pompeii.
2 pts.
3.
What country’s style sculpture did Romans copy?
1 pt.
4.
3 pts.
5.
Describe 3 parts of the inside of a typical Roman room?
Tell 1 thing that is special about the “she-wolf” sculpture?
1 pt.
6.
Define an arch?
1 pt.
7.
Define a vault?
1 pt.
8.
1 pt.
Define a dome?
+_____
13s pts.
Ancient Rome Quiz
+_____
List 3 architectural elements that Romans often used
(1st day of notes on Rome)?
3 pts.
Arch, dome, vault, columns…
2.
Tell 1 thing about Pompeii.
1 pts. Buried by volcano
3.
What county’s style sculpture did Romans copy?
1 pt. Greek
4.
Describe 2 parts of the inside of a typical Roman room?
2 pts. mosaic tile floor. mural/fresco on walls, almost no furniture…
5.
Tell 1 thing that is special about the “she-wolf” sculpture?
1 pt. Possibly tells the story of the founders of Rome
6.
Define an arch?
1 pt. a curved passageway
7.
Define a vault?
1 pt. an extended long arch
8.
Define a dome?
1 pt. a curved roof supported by a circular wall
10 pts.
1.