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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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