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Arth 109

Roman Republican Art and Architecture

Slide List 12

 

 
 Head of a Roman, c. 80 B.C.  Portrait based on a death mask, 1st. c. B.C.
 

 
   Statue of a Roman with Ancestor Busts, 1st c. B.C.
 

 
   In the manner of Lysippos, Head of Alexander the Great, c. 200 B.C.

 

 
 Arringatore (Orator), Aulus Metellus, 1st c. B.C.  Lysippos, Apoxyomenos, c. 330 B.C.
Inscription on the Arringatore.

 

 
 Poseidon of Melos, 2nd c. B.C.  Statue of a Roman Republican General, 75-50 B.C.

 

 
 Temple of Fortuna Virilis, Rome, late 2nd c. B.C.  Parthenon, 447-432 B.C., Athens.
Reconstruction of a Etruscan temple of about the 5th century BCE.
 

 
   Back view of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis.

 

 
 Model of the Sanctuary of Fortuna, 1st c. B.C., Praeneste (present day Palestrina) Italy.  Plan of the Acropolis of Athens.

 
   View of the remains of the Sanctuary of Fortuna.

Terms

See page dedicated to Arches and Vaults.

Questions for Review

 

 
 Arringatore (Orator), Aulus Metellus, 1st c. B.C.  Lysippos, Apoxyomenos, c, 330 B.C.

Compare and contrast the treatments of these figures. Define specifically elements in the Arringatore that you would consider to be characteristically Roman, and define elements in the Apoxyomenos that you would consider to be characteristically Greek.

 

 
 Head of a Roman, c. 80 B.C.  

Discuss the different attitudes towards portraiture exemplified by this comparison. Define why each is appropriate to the civilization which produced it.

 

 
 Temple of Fortuna Virilis, late 2nd c. B.C.  Parthenon, 447-432 B.C., Athens.

Define elements derived from Greek architecture in the Temple of Fortuna and elements that are characteristically Roman. Also discuss the different attitudes towards space demonstrated by this comparison.

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