Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Frigidarium

Frigidarium, Baths of Diocletian
298-306 CE
Rome, Italy
Gives idea of the lavish adornment of imperial Roman baths

Portrait bust of Livia

Portrait bust of Livia
Early first century CE
Arsinoe, Egypt
Made of marble and depicted as many goddesses

Gardenscape

Gardenscape
30-20 BCE
Primaporta, Italy
Example of a Second Style "picture window"
Used atmospheric perspective intentionally blurring the most distant forms

Greek poet Menander

Seated portrait of the Greek poet Menander
62-79 CE
Menander, Pompeii
Fourth Style mural painting in exerda 23 of the house of Menander
The first to write New Comedy


Arch of Constantine

Arch of Constantine
312-315- CE
Rome, Italy
Commemorate Constantine's defeat of Maxentius
Sculptural decoration from earlier monuments of Trajan, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius


Temple of Venus

The Temple of Venus
The restored view on the left and the plan view on the right
Third century CE
Baalbek, Lebanon
Baroque temple made of stone violates almost every rule of classical design

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Chapter 6 Img 22

Who? Etruscan Painters
What? Interior of the Tomb of Triclinium
When? 480-470 BCE
Where? Tarquinia
Why? Depict the funerary games in honor of the deceased
How? 
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