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Who inspired the Romans? (Hint:they preceded them)

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The Greeks inspired the Romans greatly . Especially with their sculptures .

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What was the time period for roman art ?

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750bce-400ce

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What types of improvements were made in architecture by the Romans?

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Arches , barrel vaults , groin vaults etc.

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What is a barrel vault?

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Arches extended to make a tunnel in a sense .

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What is a groin vault?

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When two barrel vaults intersect.

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What are piers ?

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four corner supporters that supported the groin vaults.

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What is a spandrels?

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The spaces between the arches in a pier .

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What is a architect medium created by the Romans that improved buildings ?

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Mortar and concrete ; this helped creat over sized buildings.

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Name two important roman buildings.

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Colosseum and pantheon . Also the Parthenon .

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What are some roman characteristics of architecture ?

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Few windows , arches , vaulting techniques , mixture of all column styles .

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Describe the house of vetti .

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Axial symmetry , garden , narrow entrance .

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What was pont Du gard?

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A aqueduct in France that brought water to Rome . Made of ashlar masonry (PONT DU GARD) .

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Ara Paris in Rome was made for ?

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Augustus .it had an altar of Augustus peace .

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The colosseum other name is?

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Flavian amphitheater in Rome

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What kind of arches does the Flavian amphitheater have ?

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Barrel vaults,groin vaults and arches

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What is different about the collesuem columns?

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As you go to a diffrent level the style /order of the Column changes .

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What was the Flavian amphitheater used as?

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A place Were great shows like the Olympics were held . Baiscally a house for entertainments and sports.

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Market of Trajan is loacted in

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Rome

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What gods was the pantheon dedicated to ?

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All gods

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What is a fAcade ?

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The front of a building (most important part of a building)

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What type of style Collins is on the pantheon ?

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Corinthian capital

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There is an oculus in the pantheon . True or false ?

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True

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The pantheon uses coffers, explain their purpose

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They creat the done to be more light weight and also act as a decorative purpose . Sometimes a roasted design or gold film on it

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The reason their is an oculus is so

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The people inside can feel as if try can float too to te heavens to the gods and to let light in . Also symbolizes the heavens and divine ways

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The pantheon was built in which time period ?
125 CE (common era)
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Hadrians villa was loacted in ?
Tivoli Italy
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Who was the handrian villa made for ?
Emperor handrian (in te name )
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What was a Canopus ?
Colonnade with a cornice connecting the tops of the columns
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How many arches are in the arch of Constantine ?
Three
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What was the arch of Constantine built for ?
To commemorate his victors
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We're was the arch of Constantine?
In Rome Italy
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Was there any situ friezes done on the Constantine arch?
Yes , the new friezes were done in situ n
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What does situ mean,
On site made
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Who was the basilica nova made for ?
Constantine
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What kind of sculpture did it once hold ?(basilica nova )
A large sculpture of Constantine .
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Who was the basilica nova started by?
Maxentuis begun it and was finished by Constantine .
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What time period was the basilica nova built in?
300 CE (common era)
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Aula palatina was built in?
Germany
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What is a hypocaust?
A space under the floor that retained heat from a furnace .
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What was the Romans FAVIORITE floor decoration?
Mosiac cause kept feet cool in the summer .
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What is an encaustic ?
Portraits of the deceased
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What were some innovations of roman painting?
They used linear , and atmospheric perspective and also learned the ways of Foreshortening .
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What are some characteristics of roman paintings?
Pompeii wall paintings , first second thirds and fourth style .their paintings were ussually on walls
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What is the first Pompeii style painting ?
The illusion of bricks and blocks to creat a fool of the eye of diffrent wall textures
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What was the second style ?
Had mythological scenes and landscapes dominating surface . A Veiw of the outside
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Describe third style
Plain colors with embellished frames and vinnetes . Had no landscapes and was very simple yet elegant
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What was forth style wall paintings in Pompeii ?
Mixture of all styles the painting illusion of marbel an bricks with still life's and windows depicting landscapes and small usage of vinnetes t ,
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The villa of mysterys is known for its
Pompeii wall paintings and usage of second style
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What type of art was the Pompeii wall paintings ?
Frescos
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What is a fresco
Applying water based pain in a plastered wall and is long lasting
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Give an example of a wall painting
Still life with peaches , boscoreale , Dionysiac mystery frieze .
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What are some innovations of roman sculptures ?
Innovation of hollowed columns (Collumn of Trajan was the first ) . Realistic republican sculptures Use of contraposto
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Who did the column of Trajan glorify?
Trojans and his Victoria
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Define veristic sculptures
Bust of noblemen that are strikingly realistic and unflattering .
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Romans depicted the republican veristic busts in a bulldog manner and making them seem older true or false
True . Elders were considered wisdomfull
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Why were emperors depicted differently than the average people ?
Emperors were considered divine and gods themselves so get we're idealized and always in heroic poses and porportions
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Was Augustus roman or Greek ?
Roman
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Augustus or primaporta was made of what material ?
It's copy was made of marbel original of Bronze
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Is Augustus of primaporta ment to be seen from all around or not
No only from the front because back is not carved .
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Is the Flavian woman a republican sculpture ?
No it's a imperial sculpture republican sculptures tended to be more realistic and unflattering
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Arch of Titus has how many arches?
One
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What is diffrent between arch o Titus vs. Constantine ?
Titus has one arch while Constantine has three
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What does the arch of Titus represent ?
The celebration of conquest of Jude's and the Romans taking away the goods of temple Solomon . Has a very deep frieze high relief sculpture
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What was the column of Graham's purpose ?
To stand as propaganda for Trajan
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Describe how Marcus Aurelius looked
It is Marcus Aurelius on a horse giving an orater pose . Marcus has mastery over the horse .
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Who was Marcus aurelies mistakes for ?
Constantine , that's why the Bronze was not melted down during the Middle Ages .
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What is an aqueduct
A overground water system
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What is a ashlar masonry ?
No usage of concrete o build a building (pond a gard)
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Atrium define
A courtyard in a roman house
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What is contropasto ?
A s curve to te body and shift of the knees and shoulders
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Cubiculum is ?
Roman bedroom flanking an atrium (roman bedroom with a atrium /garden courtyard to the side)
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What is an impulvian ?
Something that collects rainwater
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What is a peristyle ?
A atrium surrounded by columns .
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What is the tetrachs ?
A sculpture of four rulers the controlled Rome simultaneously and equally .
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What medium was the tetrachs made of ?
Porphyry from. Egypt .
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The tetrachs are typical of te period in which it was done because the
Figures have a squat physical porportion
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An atrium can have
An impulvian

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