Roman World Pt 1

Question 1

Answer 1

Etruscan Necropolis at Ceveteri (9th-3rd c BCE)

• City of the Dead
• community of tombs

Question 2

Answer 2

Likeness of the deceased

• in the Etruscan Tombs
• created in terra cotta

Question 3

Answer 3

Interior of a Etruscan tomb

-carved out of volcanic rock

Question 4

Answer 4

Etruscan Arch in Perugio c. 310 BCE

-only extant monument built under etruscan influence

Question 5

Answer 5

Clay model of Etruscan Temple c. 9c BCE

-used as an urn

Question 6

Answer 6

Etruscan Temple in Plan

• from vitruvius we learn the the temple was:
  1) frontal
  2) built on a platform
  3) had a deep porch
  4) had three cellas

Question 7

Answer 7

model of modern interpretations of Etruscan temples as described by Vitruvius

Question 8

Answer 8

Pont-du-Gard Aqueduct, Nimes, 20-16 BCE

-shows roman engineering and use of technology to conquer nature

Question 9

Answer 9

“Temple of Diana”, Nimes, c 80 BCE

-really a library

Question 10

Answer 10

The sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Praeneste, c 80 BCE

-many terraced levels and ramped as well as stair approaches on the axis of symmetry demonstrate roman love of dramatic transformation of natural sites

Question 11

Answer 11

The Citadel at Pergamon, c. 2nd c BCE

Question 12

Answer 12

View from the cavea in front of the citadel at pergamon