art history chp 9-rome
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 romulus and remus | founders of rome in 753 BC |
| roman sculpture | all imperfections are portrayed |
| roman portrait sculpture | personality and sculpture |
| roman portrait sculpture | realism; natural and lifelike |
| roman portrait sculpture | believed that a person's character could be captured best through characteristics in the face |
| roman portrait sculpture | preferred realistic portraits |
| mural | large picture painted on a wall |
| mural | artists tried to reproduce the world around them accurately; painted landscapes and pictures of buildings |
| romans | great city planners and great engineers |
| forum | market/public place of an ancient roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| roman architecture | columns are decorative; columns only in the front porch or portico area |
| roman architecture | temples raised on a platform or podium |
| greek and roman architecture | pediment; entablature; corinthian order |
| greek architecture | post and lintel |
| greek architecture | columns are structural support |
| greek architecture | use of colonnade |
| greek architecture | built on a 3-step platform |
| greek portraits | preferred idealist portraits |
| greek portraits | designed for public monuments |
| greek portraits | considered head and shoulders incomplete |
| greek portraits | bronze |
| baths | vast enclosed structures that contained libraries, markets and pools; like country clubs |
| amphitheater | large, open-air venue for sporting events |
| pantheon | temple for all the roman gods |
| basilicas | spacious rectangular buildings; public meeting halls |
| basilicas | consist of a nave and an apse |
| triumphal arches | marked successful military victories; roman militaries marched through these |
| end of empire | rome was sacked by the visagoths in 410 AD |
| barrel vault | a series of round arches from front to back that form a tunnel |
| keystone | top stone of the arch; holds arch together |
| aqueduct | a system that carried water from mountain streams into cities by using gravitational flow |
| groin vault | when two barrel vaults meet at right angles |
| pilasters | flat, rectangular columns attached to a wall |
| niches | recesses in the wall |
| coffers | indented panels |
| basilica | functional building made to hold large numbers of people |
| nave | a long wide center aisle |
| apse | semicircular area at the end of the nave |
| triumphal arch | heavily decorated arch |
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