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ARt History Final
Ancient Greece/Rome
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
12/06/2018

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  • Sanctuary of Delphi, Greece
  • 530 BCE/Archaic Period
  • Pan-hellenic
  • Theater and Track held Pytheon Games
  • Home of Apollo's oracle
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  • Siphnian Treasury
  • 530 BCE; Archaic Period
  • City-states show off their status and wealth through the extravagance of their treasuries.
  • Part of the Sanctuary of Delphi
  • Ionic style: frieze, caryatids 
  • Frieze: Depicts "Gigantomachy" a battle of gods vs giants, order vs chaos.  
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  • "Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game"
  • by Exekias
  • 540-530 BCE/Archaic Period
  • Black figure technique, shows extreme detail and a symmetrical/balance composition 
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  • "Bilingual Vase"
  • 520 BCE/Archaic Period
  • Same scene as Exekias', but is in red figure
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  • "Dancing Revelers" 
  • Euthymides 
  • 510 BCE
  • Red figure
  • Playing with movement and composite views; twisting, moving figures.
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  • "Women at the Fountain House"
  • Priam Painter
  • 520-510 BCE/Archaic Period
  • Black figure hydra--for water
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  • "Sarpedon, Sleep, and Death"
  • Euphronios 
  • 515 BCE/Archaic Period
  • Red figure crater
  • Balanced composition
  • Narrative of Sarpedon's death
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  • "Herakles wrestling Antaios"
  • Euphronios 
  • 510 BCE/Archaic Period
  • Battle between Giant and Herakles represents battle between uncivilized and civilized realms.
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  • "Symposium"
  • Douris
  • Archaic Period 
  • Drinking, playing music, and games.
  • Women only present as prostitutes 
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  • "Symposium"
  • Nikias Painter
  • Archaic Period
  • Depicts another symposium scene, woman present playing music.
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  • "Girl Preparing to Bathe"
  • Onesimos
  • 490 BCE/Archaic Period
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  • "Francois Vase"
  • Kleitias and Ergotimos 
  • 570 BCE
  • Depicts battle scenes
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  • Temple of Aphaia
  • 500-480 BCE
  • Doric Style
  • Represents transition from Archaic period to Classical Period (480-323 BCE) due to the Persian War.
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  • Top: West Pediment of Temple of Aphaia "Dying Warrior"
  • No realistic emotion, meant to "please audience", archaic smile
  • Bottom: East Pediment of Temple of Aphaia: "Dying Warrior" 
  • Classical Style 
  • Depicted more realistically, dying warrior is actually dying, shows pain and defeat, meant to invoke emotion in audience  
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  • "Kritos Boy"
  • 480 BCE/Classical Period
  • Contrapposto stance, shift from Egyptian style
  • More realistic than past, idealizing the male form--nude
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  • "Charioteer from Motya"
  • 450-440 BCE (Classical)
  • Deep contrapostto, movement and feeling
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  • "Charioteer" 
  • 470 BCE (Classical)
  • Standing tall, victorious, and focused 
  • Dedicatory statue by Polyzalos of Gela  
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  • "Zeus (or Poseidon)"
  • 460-450 BCE (Classical)
  • Playing with open stance, human form in movement
  • Lightness of bronze = more freedom with stances
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  • "Riace bronzes"
  • Found in the sea near Italy. 
  • Few surviving bronzes as they would melt them for weapons
  • Lost in shipwreck
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  • "Doryphoros (spear bearer)"
  • Polykleitos 
  • 450-440 BCE (Classical)
  • Created the canon "perfect man" mathematically
  • Becomes the canon form
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  • "Apoxyomenus (scraper)"
  • Lysippos 
  • 330 BCE (Late-Classical)
  • Lysippo's "perfect form": deep eyes, smaller head
  • Causes movement around the outstretched arm
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  • "Hermes and the infant Dionysos"
  • Praxiteles 
  • 320-310 (Late-Classical)
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  • "Bisitun Relief" 
  • Persian (6th-5th C BCE)
  • Shows Persia conquering forces
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  • "Frieze of Archers"
  • Persian 
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  • "Achaemenid Rhyton"
  • Persian
  • Golden Lion Cup
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  • "Apadana" at Palace of Darius and Xerxes
  • Persepolis (capitol), Persian Empire
  • 521-465 BCE
  • Borrow styles from all over empire, Ionian to Egyptian
  • Shows a united empire, outsiders willingly paying tribute to Persia
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  • "Darius and Xerxes giving audience"
  • 490 BCE
  • ceremonial, peaceful, and regal. 
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  • "Perikles" 
  • Kresilas
  • 429 BCE
  • General rebuilds Athens and builds Akropolis/Parthenon
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  • "Propylaia"
  • 437-432 BCE (Classical) 
  • Doric Style
  • Entrance to the Acropolis 
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  • "Parthenon"
  • Iktinos and Kallikrates 
  • 447-438 BCE (Classical)
  • Symbol of democracy and Classical Age
  • Dedicated to Athena (Athen's patron Goddess)
  • Programs throughout structure promote Greek victory, order, and rational thought
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East and West Pediments of the Parthenon:

  • Top: West pediment depicts Athena vs Poseidon fighting over Athen's 
  • Bottom: Birth of Athena
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  • "Helios, horses, and Dionysos"
  • Idealistic and realistic
  • Some are reliefs, some are sculptures in the round placed in pediments of the Parthenon 
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  • "Three Goddesses"
  • From Parthenon pediment
  • Diaphanous: Heavy, flowing, & detailed clothing, but can see figures underneath
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  • "Ionic Frieze" of the Parthenon 
  • 440-432 BCE
  • Shows union of Greek Empire
  • Shows Panathenaic Festival (real event)
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  • "Athena Parthenos"
  • 438 BCE
  • Made of marble, bronze, and ivory
  • 40 ft high
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  • Erechtheion 
  • 421-405 BCE
  • Houses cult statue of Athena (wooden), Poseidon's spring, and Athena's Olive Tree
  • Caryatids/Ionic Style
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  • "Nike" 
  • 410 BCE
  • Found in small temple for Goddess of Victory on Acropolis
  • Diaphanous look of clothing
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  • "Aphrodite of Knidos"
  • Praxiteles
  • "340-330 BCE (Late Classical)
  • First female nude
  • Humanization of Gods (preparing a bath)
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  • "Grave Stele of Young Hunter"
  • Skopas
  • 340-330 BCE (Late Classical)
  • Deep-set eyes, elongated body.
  • Deceased interacting with audience
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  • "Weary Herakles"
  • Lysippos 
  • 4th C BCE (Late Classical)
  • humanizing God--real emotion shown 
  • Narrative built into sculpture
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  • "Stag Hunt"
  • Gnosis
  • 300 BCE (Late Classical)
  • pebble mosaic 
  • Emblema: center piece 
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  • "Hades Abducting Persephone"
  • 336 BCE (Late Classical)
  • Wall Painting in a tomb: Marrying Death
  • Shows snapshot in time
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  • "Battle of Issus"
  • Philoxenos of Eretria 
  • 315 BCE (Late Classical)
  • Depicts Alexander the Great fighting Persian King Darius
  • No helmet=heroic 
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  • Polykleitos the Younger Theater at Epidauros
  • 350 BCE
  • Auditorium: Seating space
  • Cunei: Wedge-shaped sections
  • Theatron: Whole structure
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  • "Temple of Apollo" - Paionos and Daphnis
  • In Turkey
  • 313 BCE (Hellenistic) 
  • Dipteral Plan (two sets of columns)
  • No pediment and no roof
  • Enter through side passages at front
  • Courtyard w/ spring
  • Mix of Classical Greek, and Eastern roots 
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  • "Altar of Zeus"
  • Pergamon, Turkey 
  • 175 BCE (Hellenistic)
  • Frieze is below columns, not above
  • Depicts Athena battling a giant; dramatic and violent
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  • "Gallic Chieftain Killing Himself and His Wife"
  • Epigonos 
  • 230-220 BCE
  • Greek victory over Gauls 
  • Noble enemy = higher honor of Greeks 
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  • "Dying Gaul"
  • Epigonos 
  • 230-220 BCE
  • Mustache, bushy hair, and torque all signs of Gaul
  • Realism
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  • "Nike of Samothrace"
  • 190 BCE
  • Hallmark of Hellenistic Period 
  • Dramatic movement--windswept garments 
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  • "Aphrodite (Venus de Milo)"
  • Alexandros 
  • 150-125 BCE
  • Eroticized/A seductress
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  • "Sleeping Satyr"
  • 230-220 BCE
  • Extremely erotic 
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  • "Seated boxer"
  • 100-50 BCE
  • Depicts realism of a fight/battle
  • Deeper layers of human emotion
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  • "Drunken Old Woman"
  • 3rd/2nd C BCE
  • Realism over idealism
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  • "Demosthenes"
  • Polyeuktos 
  • 280 BCE
  • Honorific statue of a politician/general/philosopher 
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  • "Laocoon and His Two Sons"
  • Athanadoros, Hahesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes
  • Early 1st C CE
  • Depicts Trojan War Story: Gods punishing Laocoon with snake 
  • Moment of action, pain, and suffering
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  • "Fibula with Orientalizing Lions
  • 650 BCE (Orientalizing period)
  • Etruscan 
  • From tomb; a broach/clasp 
  • Symbol of wealth from trade
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  • "Pendant representing the head of Acheloos" 
  • 6th c BCE (Orientalizing Period)
  • Etruscan
  • Eastern influence (Bull horns)
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  • "Apulu" 
  • 510-500 BCE (Archaic)
  • From Etruscan temple roof
  • Ionian influence (Korai)
  • Archaic smile, but more movement 
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  • "Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple"
  • 520 BCE (Archaic)
  • Made of terracotta
  • Etruscan: almond eyes, clothing
  • Modeled after symposium, but woman present (high status and more freedom) 
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  • "Banditaccia Necropolis"
  • Cerveteri, Italy 
  • 7th-2nd C BCE
  • Necropolis: network of cemeteries 
  • Tumuli: Hut-like mounds w/ subterranean tombs. 
  • ETRUSCAN
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  • "Tomb of the Shields and Chairs"
  • 2nd half of the 6th C BCE
  • Bedrock carved like local homes
  • Features Triclinium (Symposium beds)
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  • "Tomb of the Reliefs"
  • 3rd C BCE
  • Another representation of an Etruscan home
  • Motifs of the afterlife
  • These tombs were for Elites 
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  • "Tomb of Hunting and Fishing"
  • 530-520 BCE 
  • Depicts symposium scene at top; below convey pleasures of nature 
  • Greeks coping diving boy;etruscans get influence from Egypt 
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  • "Tomb of the Leopards"
  • 480 BCE 
  • Etruscan 
  • Minoan influence: flesh color
  • More symposium scenes 
  • Leopards are protecting the tomb
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  • "Sarcophagus of Ramtha"
  • 350-300 BCE (Classical)
  • Etruscan
  • Eternal marriage embrace; relief represents a marriage scene 
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  • "Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena"
  • Early 2nd C
  • Lone figure, side relief represents journey to the afterlife 
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  • "Capitoline Wolf"
  • 500-480 BCE
  • Story of Romulus and Remus: symbol of Roman Empire
  • Rome beginning to absorb Etruscan Art
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  • "Chimera of Arezzo"
  • first half of 4th C BCE
  • Lots of movement and emotion
  • bronze
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  • "Cista with mythical engraving"
  • Late 4th C BCE
  • held toiletry items 
  • Etruscan 
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  • Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars)
  •  Perugia, 2nd C BCE
  • Voussoir: wedge-shaped blocks that form the arch
  • Pilaster: flat, rectangular decorative columns 
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  • "Aule Metele"
  • Early 1st C BCE
  • Transition of Etruscan art to Roman art
  • Adlocutio: Leader "wave" representing power and authority
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  • "Man with portrait busts of his ancestors"
  • Late 1st C BCE
  • Marble
  • Viristic portraiture: super realistic -- old age=wisdom 
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  • "Head of an old man"
  • 50 BCE
  • Viristic 
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  • "Statue of a general"
  • 75-50 BCE
  • Older head and youthful body represent wisdom and physical strength
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  • "Denarius with portrait of Julius Caesar
  • 44 BCE
  • Viristic
  • First Roman to put face on coin (prior only Gods were represented)
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  • "Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus"
  • 509 BCE
  • Combination of Greek and Etruscan influence: Overhanging roof, empty pediment; Doric columns 
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  • "Temple of Portunus" 
  • 80-70 BCE
  • Free standing corinthian columns in front, engaged around
  • Stairs only @ front
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  • "Temple of Vesta"
  • Early 1st C BCE 
  • Tholos: rounded temple
  • Made of concrete
  • Etruscan: one staircase; Greek: corinthian columns
  • Built into cliff: order over chaos;man over nature
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  • "Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia"
  • Late 2nd C CBE
  • Made from concrete
  • Consists of: barrel vaults (extended arches) and groin vaults (2 vaults intersecting)
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  • "Theater complex of Pompey"
  • 55 BCE
  • Consists of: theater, courtyard, curia, and multiple temples
  • Greek influence: theater 
  • Theater held violent battles
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  • "Portrait of Augustus as General"
  • 20 BCE
  • Adlocutio pose
  • Reverts the viristic style (wants to seem youthful)
  • Made after death
  • Cupid connects him to Caesar and Venus: his ancestors
  • His breastplate tells his journey to becoming ruler and legitimizes it. 
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  • "Forum of Augustus"
  • 2 BCE
  • Marble, corinthian columns 
  • Located next to Caesar's forum
  • Houses temples to Venus and Caesar  
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  • "Maison Carree"
  • 1-10 CE
  • Combos of Greek and Etruscan influence
  • Located in Nimes, France
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  • "Ara Pacis Augustae"
  • 13-9 BCE
  • Narrative of Augustus achieving Pax Romana
  • Altar-like
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  • "Procession of Imperial Family" panel from Ara Pacis 
  • 13-9 BCE
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  • "Roma (Tellus?)" from Ara Pacis Augustae 
  • 13-9 BCE
  • Represents Pax Romana enabling fertility throughout Empire
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  • "Pont-du-Gard" Aqueduct
  • Nimes, France
  • 16 BCE
  • Made from concrete: Pax Romana a time for engineering and advancement 
  • Brought fresh water to the cities 
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  • "Octagonal Hall of the Domus Aurea of Nero"
  • 64-68 CE (Severus and Celer)
  • Display of arrogance and power of Nero
  • Statue of Nero as sun god at entrance  
  • Oculus at top 
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  • "Colusseum"
  • 70-80 BCE
  • Made under Vespasian (of Flavian Dynasty)
  • Doric->Ionic->Corinthian columns (bottom to top)
  • Made of concrete
  • Held 50,000 spectators; arranged according to class
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  • "Arch of Titus"
  • 81 CE
  • Built by Titus's brother Domitian 
  • Commemorates victory over Judea
  • "Apotheosis of Titus": becoming a God
  • "Spoils of Jerusalem": taking cultural artifacts
  • "Triumph of Titus": Seated w/ victory and valor 
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  • "Forum of Trajan" 
  • 112 CE
  • Largest forum: Temple of Trajan, Column of Trajan, libraries, Basilica of Ulpia, forum, and equestrian statue of Trajan
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  • "Column of Trajan"
  • 110-112 CE
  • Spiraled relief depicts the war against Dacia (Trajan present in scenes)
  • Shows Roman army as a machine 
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  • "Markets of Trajan" 
  • 110-112 CE
  • Concrete;interior has groin vaults
  • Open to public
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  • "Portrait bust of Hadrian"
  • 117-125 CE
  • Adopted son of Trajan
  • GAYYY
  • Beard=lover of the Greeks 
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  • "Pantheon" 
  • 118-125 CE
  • Built under Hadrian: held councils where he would sit in center (center of the universe)
  • Influence from all over kingdom (marble floors from all over)
  • Movement not solid: makes a floating feeling
  • 30 ft oculus at top 
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  • "Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius"
  • 161-180 CE
  • Bronze statue survived as Christians thought it was Constantine 
  • Feet not in stirrups, makes him larger
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  • "Portrait bust of Commodus as Hercules"
  • 190-192 CE
  • Thought he was Hercules; eventually was assassinated 
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  • "Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina" 
  • 161 CE
  • Him and his wife go to heaven on back of angel-like figure
  • Left figure is the Tiber River, the right is Rome 
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  • "Decursio" 
  • 161 CE
  • War scene
  • Displays difference between this relief and the Apotheosis 
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  • "Painted portrait of Septimius Severus and his family"
  • 200 CE
  • First African King
  • His son Caracalla kills his brother Geta and scratches his face out to erase his memory
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  • "Portrait of Caracalla" 
  • 211-217 CE
  • Furrowed brow portrays his anger and authority 
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  • "Baths of Caracalla"
  • 212-216 CE
  • Baths open to the public; social atmosphere/spa
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  • "Portraits of four tetrarchs"
  • 305 CE
  • Displays stability and unity of the four Emperors 
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  • "Arch of Constantine" 
  • 312-315 CE
  • Constantine: First Christian Emperor of Rome
  • Took spolia from other Emperor's arches for his own to show he is a good Emperor by association 
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  • "Basilica of Constantine"
  • 306-312 CE
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  • "Portrait of Constantine"
  • 315-330 CE
  • HUGE
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