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Etruscan, Roman, Jewish and Early Christian Art
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Art History
11th Grade
12/07/2014

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The Ficoroni Cista

by Novios Plautios

350- 300 BCE

Bronze 

Quest for the golden fleece

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Porta Augusta

 3rd- 2nd century BCE

monumental architecture 

Roundels- row of circular panels

Pilasters- rectangular columnlike upright strips

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Model of an Etruscan Temple

Mud brick walls

"Tuscan Order" - Etruscan variation of Doric, with an unfluted shaft and simplified base, capital and entablature.

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Apollo

by Master Sculpter Vulca

510-500 BCE

Painted Terra Cotta

"Archaic Smile"

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Facade of Library of Celsus, Ephesus

135 CE

Tuscan order- Addind a base under the shaft, which was often left unfluted.

(the picture about is Composite Order by the romans- volutes of Greeks and acanthus leaves of Corinthian order)

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Boys climbing rocks and diving, tomb of hunting and fishing

Late  6th Century BCE

Tomb Painting

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Dancers and Diners, Tomb of the Triclinium

480-470 BCE

Painted frieze

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Burial Camber, Tomb of The Reliefs

3rd century BCE

Carved out of rock to resemble room in a house. Plastered and painted and fully furnished. Looks like real objects hanging. 

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Reclining Couple on a Sarcophagus From Cerveteri

520 BCE

Terra Cotta

Husband and wife- Happy and warm

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Married Couple Embracing

350-300 BCE

Lid of a Sarcophagus, Marble

 

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Capitole She Wolf

500 BCE or 800 CE?

Bronze

Envokes the story of the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus.

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Head of a man (Traditionally Known as "Brutus")

300 BCE

Bronze, eyes of painted ivory

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Portrait Head of an Elder from Scoppito

1st Century BCE

Marble

Realistic

 

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Patrician Carrying Potrait Busts of two Ancestors

End of 1st Century BCE

Marble

 

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Aulus Metellus (The Orator)

80 BCE

Bronze

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Denarius with Portrait of Julius Caesar

44 BCE

Silver

Propaganda

 

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Pont Du Gard

Late 1st Century BCE

Shows roman Arch, Aqueduct

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Temple possibly Dedicated to Portunus

Late 2nd Century BCE 

Engaged Columns- Set into the wall

 

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Augustus of Primaporta

Early 1st century CE, copy of 20 BCE

Marble

Propaganda

 

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Ara Pacis Augustae(Altar of Augustan Peace)

13-9 BCE

Marble

 

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Gemma Augustea

early 1st Century

Cameo- a gemstone carved in low relief

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Wall Painting in the "Ixion Room", House of the Vettii 

62-79 CE

Wall painted to look like marble.

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Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus, Villa of the Mysteries

60-50 BCE

 

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Garden Vista, Villa of Livia at Primaporta

Late 1st century BCE

Wall Painting

Atmospheric Perspective- the world becomes progressively less distinct as it recedes into the distance 

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A Painter at Work

1st century BCE

Fresco

She holds a palette which is a sign of her profession. 

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Still Life, House of the Stags (Cervi)

79 CE

Still life Panel, wall painting.

 

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Portrait of a Married Couple

mid 1st Century

Wall Painting 

 

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Arch of Titus

81 CE

cement and white marble

Free standing gate way, built in honor of the victory over the Jewish revolt.

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Spoils From the Temple in Jerusalem

A relief in the Arch of Titus.

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Young Flavian Woman

90 CE

Marble

Drill Work- rapidly cuting deep groves with straight sides

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Middle- Aged Flavian Woman

Late 1st century CE

Marble

realistic.

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Column of Trajan

113-116 CE

Marble

Covered in relief decoration.

 Starts small at the bottom and grows as it goes higher. Shows Trajan's army and their campaigns.

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Pantheon

110-128 CE

Pan- All

Theo- Gods

Temple of many gods. 

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The Canal (reflecting Pool). Hadrian's Villa

125-135 CE

 

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Battle of Centaurs and Wild Beasts

125 CE

Mosaic

 

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The Unswept Floor

by Herakleitos

2nd century CE

Mosaic

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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

176 CE

Bronze

Statue wasn't melted down because people thought it was Constantine.

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Commodus As Hercules

191-192 CE

Marble

Thinks he is Hercules and gets killed for that.

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Sarcophagus with the Indian Triumph of Dionysus

190 CE

Marble

 

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Caracalla

Early 3rd Century CE

Marble

Created the Baths of Carcalla

 

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The Tetrarchs

300 CE

 

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The Arch of Constantine

312- 315 CE

dedicated to Constantine

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Hadrian/ Constantine Hunting Boar and SAcrificing to Apollo; Constantine Adressing the Roman People in the Roman Forum

130- 138 CE

Marble

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Constantine the Great

325- 326 CE

Marble

 

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Platter

mid 4th century CE

Silver

UnderCutting- used to add deph to figures 

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Priestess of Bacchus

390- 401 CE

Ivory

 

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Cubiculum of Leonis, Catacomb of Commodilla

Late 4th Century

Painted.

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Ark of the Covenant and Menorahs

3rd Century

Painting in a catacomb

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Wall With Torah Niche

244-245 CE

Tempura on plaster

 

 

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The Crossing of The Red Sea

244-245 CE

Wall painting

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The Mosaic Floor of the Beth Alpha Synagogue

6th Century CE

Mosaic

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