| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Etruscan death mask tradition | The use of portraiture in ancient Roman sculpture is thought to have been influenced by |
| Greek artisans | Much of Roman art was created by |
| painting on plaster | fresco |
| Pompeii and Herculaneum | Towns on Italian Peninsula both destroyed and Preserved by Vesuvius in 79 AD |
| value shading to simulate light falling on 3-D objects in space | Modeling |
| narrative relief | Sculptural form found on Triumphal Arches, columns, and the Ara Pacis |
| Fool the eye | Trompe l'oeil |
| a mosaic tile | A tessera is |
| Augustus Caesar | Emperor who commissioned the Ara Pacis |
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