Transcript Rome III - Artx - SRO - Social Science

5. ARTS AND SCIENCES
5.1. Arts
 Culture was transmitted through the spread of
Latin (why is it important?).
 Legislation: used for centuries
 Philosophy: Cicero and Seneca (*treatises)
 Literture: poetry and theatre (e.g. Virgil’s Aeneid)
 History: Julius Caesar, Tacitus, Plutarch, and Livy.
5.2. Sciences
 Advances in medicine—Galen
 The Julian calendar
6. ARCHITECTURE AND ART
6.1. Architecture
The Romans constructed a lot of public buildings
and engineering works, some of which still
stand today.
 Materials: stone, bricks, wood and mortar (a
mixture of water, sand and lime)
 Architectural elements: semicircular arch,
vault, Greek columns and composite columns
(a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian)
 Buildings: aqueduct, amphitheatre, circus,
basilica, roads, triumphal arch, theatre, thermal
baths, temple, bridges.
(architecture continued)
See pages 192-193
Guess what the following Roman
constructions are…
Aqueduct of Segovia
Triumphal Arch: Constantine’s
Arch
Thermal bath
Roman bridge of Alcántara
Roman circus
Roman Theatre of Mérida
Roman Amphiteatre—the
Colosseum
Roman road
(Timgad, Algeria)
Basilica of Santa Maria
Maggiore (Rome)
6.2. Sculpture
Two types:
 Portrait: importance of the face.
Could be idealised or realistic.
 Historical *relief: they showed
important military victories on
triumphal arches and
*commemorative columns.
6.3. Other art forms
 Painting to decorate buildings
 *Mosaics with geometric
designs or daily
detail
life/mythological scenes.
H/W: Page 195, exercises 21, 22, 24,
26 and 28.
Trajan’s column