From Seven Hills to Three Continents�The Art of Ancient Rome

Chapter 10

AP Art History

Medsker

The Roman Empire

• Multicultural character
• Constitutional government- senate, 2 elected consuls
• Roman republic art and architecture influenced by Greek and Etruscan art

Temple of “Fortuna Virilis” (Temple of Portunus), Rome, Italy, 75 BCE

Temple of Vesta, Italy, early 1st century BCE

Funerary Relief, Italy, 30 BCE

Relief with funerary procession, Italy, second half of the 1st century BCE

Head of a Roman Patrician, �Italy, 75-50 BCE

Portrait of a Roman General, from the sanctuary of Hercules, Italy, 75-50 BCE

Denarius with portrait of Julius Caesar, 44 BCE

Aerial view of the center of Pompeii, Italy, 2nd century BCE

Amphitheater, Pompeii, Italy, 70 BCE

Brawl in the Pompeii amphitheater, wall painting from house in Pompeii, Italy, 60-79 CE

Atrium of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, second century BCE

First Style wall painting in the fauces of the Samnite House, Italy, late second century BCE

Dionysiac mystery frieze, Second Style wall paintings, Pompeii, Italy, 60-50 BCE

Second Style wall paintings, Italy, 50-40 BCE

Gardenscape, Second Style wall painting, Italy, 30-20 BCE

Detail of a Third Style wall painting, Italy, 10 BCE

The Old Farmer of Corycus, folio from the Vatican Vergil, 400-420 CE

Fourth Style wall paintings, Golden House, Rome, Italy, 64-68 CE

Fourth Style wall paintings in the Ixion Room, House of Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, 70-79 CE

Neptune and Amphitrite, wall mosaic, Italy, 62-79 CE

Portrait of Husband and Wife, wall painting, Pompeii, Italy, 70-79 CE

Still Life with Peaches, detail of a Fourth Style wall painting, Italy, 62-79 CE

Portrait of Augustus as General, Italy, early 1st century CE, copy of bronze original 20 BCE

Portrait Bust of Livia, Egypt, early 1st century CE

Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), Rome, Italy, 13-9 BCE

Female personification panel from the east façade of the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, Italy, 13-9 BCE

Procession of the Imperial Family, detail of south frieze from Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, Italy, 13-9 BCE

Maison Carree, France, 1-10 CE

Pont-du-Gard, Nimes, France, 16 BCE

Porta Maggiore, Rome, Italy, 50 CE

Severus and Celer, plan of the octagonal hall of the Domus Aurea (Golden House), Rome, Italy, �64-68 CE

Aerial view and façade of the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Rome, Italy, 70-80 CE

Portrait of Vespasian, 75-79 CE

Portrait bust of Flavian woman, Rome, Italy, 90 CE

Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, 81 CE

Spoils of Jerusalem, relief panel in the passageway of the Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after 81 CE

Triumph of Titus, relief panel in the passageway of the Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after 81 CE

Plan of Timgad (Thamugadi), Algeria, 100 CE

Apollodorus of Damascus, Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy, dedicated 112 CE

Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy, dedicated 112 CE

Apollodorus of Damascus, aerial view of Markets of Trajan, Rome, Italy, 100-112 CE

Apollodorus of Damascus, interior of the great hall, Markets of Trajan, Rome, Italy, 100-112 CE

Arch of Trajan, Italy, 114-118 CE

Funerary relief of a circus official, Italy, 110-130 CE

Portrait bust of Hadrian as general, Israel, 130-138 CE

Aerial view of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE

Longitudinal and lateral sections of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE

Canopus and Serapeum, Hadrian’s Villa, Italy, 125-128 CE

Al-Khazneh (“Treasury”), Jordan, second century CE

Model of Insula, Italy, second century CE

Ceiling and wall paintings, Insula of the Painted Vaults, Italy, early 3rd century CE

Neptune and Creatures of the Sea, floor mosaic in the Baths of Neptune, Ostia, Italy, 140 CE

Funerary Reliefs of a Vegetable Vendor and a Midwife, Ostia, Italy, second half of second century CE

Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, pedestal of the column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, Italy, 161 CE

Decursio, pedestal of the Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, Italy, 161 CE

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy, 175 CE

Portrait of Marcus Aurelius, detail of a relief from a lost arch, Rome, Italy, 175-180 CE

Sarcophagus with the myth of Orestes, Rome, Italy, 140-150 CE

Asiatic sarcophagus with kline portrait of a woman, Italy, 165-170 CE

Mummy portrait of a man, Egypt, 160-170 CE

Painted portrait of Septimius Severus and his family, Egypt, 200 CE

Portrait of Caracalla, 211-217 CE

Chariot procession of Septimius Severus, relief from the Arch of Septimius Severus, Libya, 203 CE

Plan of the central section of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy, 212-216 CE

Reconstruction drawing of the central hall (frigidarium) of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy, �212-216 CE

Portrait bust of Trajan Decius, 249-251 CE

Heroic portrait of Trebonianus Gallus, Rome, Italy, 251-253 CE

Battle of Romans and barbarians (Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus), Rome, Italy, 250-260 CE

Sarcophagus of a philosopher, 270-280 CE

Restored view of the Temple of Venus, Lebanon, third century CE

Portraits of the four tetrarchs, Constantinople, 305 CE

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, 312-315 CE

Distribution of largess, detail of the north frieze of the Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, 312-315 CE

Portrait of Constantine, from the Basilica Nova, Rome, Italy, �315-350 CE

Reconstruction drawing of the Basilica Nova (Basilica of Constantine), Rome, Italy, 306-312 CE

Aula Palatina, Germany, early 4th century CE

Aula Palatina, Germany, early 4th century CE