Transcript ROMAN ART

ROMAN ART
By: Cole Fout
Time Period
• The Roman Art time period was 900 B.C to
400 A.D.
• Roman Art started in the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire
Head of a Man
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300 B.C
Bronze
Eyes of Ivory
31.8 cm
Mirror
• 350 B.C
• Engraved Bronze
• 15.3 cm
Aulus Metellus
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Late 2nd or early 1st century
Bronze
1.8 m
Found Near Perugia
Denarius with portrait of Juluis Caesar
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44 B.C.
Silver
New York
1.9 cm
Model of the Sanctuary of Fortuna
Primigenia, Plaestrina
• 100 B.C.
• A Model
• Italy
Temple dedicated to Portunus, Forum
Boarium
• Late 2nd century B.C.
Augustus of Primaporta
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Early 1st century.
Bronze
2.03 m
Braccio, Rome
Livia
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20 B.C.
Marble
28.5 cm
Antiquarium, Pompeii
Ara Pacis Augustae
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13-9 B.C.
Marble
6.1m x 10.5m
Rome
Imperial Procession
• Detail of a relief on the south side Ara Pacis.
• 1.6 m
Allegory of Peace
• Relief on the east side of the Ara Pacis.
Gemma Augustea
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Early 1st century.
Onyx
19 x 23 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
4 Traits
• Ideal proportions human proportions.
• Greece influence- Roman was influenced by
Greece’s structure.
• Balanced Composition- Everything is balanced
• Emotional Restraint- No figure has any
emotions.
Important Elements
• Arch- The Romans developed the arch that
they use for many structures when they build
things.