ETRUSCAN & ROMAN ART
10th c. BCE – 410 CE
ETRUSCAN ART
• Shows a number of ancient
influences
• Etruscans live in Italy before
arrival of the Romans
• Heavily influenced Romans,
language & customs different
• Much of what we know comes
from tombs (Necropoli)
• Entire families w/servants buried
in one tomb
• Tombs inspired by Greek
buildings, pediments & columns,
cella behind porch.
• Sculptures placed on roof to
announce presence of deity
within.
CAPITOLINE WOLF
“THE FOUNDING OF ROME”
Legend tells us when
Numitor, grandfather of twins
Romulus and Remus was overthrown
by his brother Amulius, the usurper
ordered the twins be cast into the
Tiber river. They were rescued by a
she-wolf who cared for them.
They grew to be natural leaders,
brought Numitor back to power and
chose to found a new city, Rome.
TEMPLE OF MINERVA
510-500 BCE – Mud Brick or tufa & wood
Veii, Italy
APOLLO FROM VEII
Master Scultor Vulca - c. 510 BCE – Terra-cotta
Rome
TOMB OF THE TRICLINIUM
c. 480-470 BCE Tufa and Fresco
Tarquinia, Italy
SARCOPHAGUS OF THE SPOUSES
FROM CERVETERI
c. 520 BCE - Terracotta
Rome
ROMAN ART
• Characterized by a pantheon of
gods celebrated in large civic &
religious buildings.
• Architecture has a large public
element and is influenced by
Etruscan & Greek models.
• Master builders, they understood
the possibilities of the arch.
• Greek architecture is a strong
influence, temples fronted by
columns and pediments.
• Roman art was revived with an
18th C interest in Roman Laws,
government & philosophy
• 4 periods: Republican, Early
Imperial, Late Imperial, Late
Antique.
HOUSE OF THE VETTII
Second Century BCE – First Century CE (rebuilt 67-79 CE)
Stone & Fresco
Pompeii, Italy
HOUSE OF THE VETTII
House of the Vettii Plan
PENTHEUS ROOM
HOUSE OF VETTII
62-79 CE - Fresco
Pompeii, Italy
ALEXANDER MOSAIC
FROM THE HOUSE OF FAUN
Pompeii c. 100 BCE Mosaic
THE COLOSSEUM
72-80 CE – Stone and concrete
Rome
APOLLODORUS OF DAMASCUS
FORUM OF TRAJAN
106-112 CE
Rome
APOLLODORUS OF DAMASCUS
BASILICA OF ULIPA
c. 112 CE
Rome
MARKET OF TRAJAN
106-112 CE - Brick and Concrete
Rome
COLUMN OF TRAJAN
112 CE - Marble
Rome
PANTHEON
118-125 CE - Concrete
Rome
HEAD OF A ROMAN PATRICIAN
75-50 BCE - Marble
Rome
AUGUSTUS OF PRIMA PORTA
20 CE - Marble (copy of bronze original)
Rome
LUDOVISI BATTLE SARCOPHAGUS
c. 250 – 260 CE - Marble
Rome