CLST 103: Chapter 10 - Exploring Ancient
Civilizations and Their Legacy
Early Roman Art - correct answer ✔✔- no native tradition of artistic production
- developed in the shadows of the Etruscans
- used bronze and terracotta
- remained dominant until the 4th century
Greek art in Rome - correct answer ✔✔- plundered statues and paintings from captured cities
- inspired by religious motives and a desire to beautify the city
- eventually, people wanted to privately own Greek art for their homes and villas
- Greek artists started working to satisfy Roman customers
- a whole market was established for Athenian art in Delos
Greek styles in Rome - correct answer ✔✔- particularly good workings with marble
- increased importation of Greek art led to Hellenisation of Roman buildings
- more pronounced after Rome annexed Greece in 2nd c. BCE
Italian current in architecture - correct answer ✔✔- a fusion of ideas from Etruscan and Greek styles
- uses materials and ornamental Greek forms but had a distinctive shape, raised on a podia and
approached from the front with a stairway
- emphasis on the front of the building with column on the front or sides
- plain wall at the back
Concrete architecture - correct answer ✔✔- happened toward the end of the 3rd c. BCE
- mixture of lime, water, sand
- can be used as an adhesive or as a building material
- effective for construction of vaults
, - execution of building with concrete was carried out by slaves
- its simplicity allowed for a lot more large-scale projects
- using volcanic sand gave concrete hydraulic properties
Roman Portraiture - correct answer ✔✔- portrait sculpture was heavily Hellenistic
- emphasis on age and experience
- Flaminius was first to be depicted on coinage
- for private portraits, they followed Etruscan style, with focus on the head and simplification of the body
- tradition of keeping the wax masks of the ancestors to give way to busts
veristic style - correct answer ✔✔- manifestation of private portraiture
- emerged at the beginning of the 1st c. BCE
- uncompromising depiction of external features of the subject
Classicising statuary - correct answer ✔✔- copying Greek statues became common practice as the
demand for them was so high
- some artists combined traits of different works
- some endowed old ones with new meanings which led to new forms of display
- public buildings were made to show off the art
luxuria - correct answer ✔✔- private statue collection is one aspect of the luxurious life style
- mosaics were very fine pieces and often thought to be imported
- stuccowork was inspired by monumental masonry applied in Hellenistic palaces
Art as propaganda - correct answer ✔✔- art celebrated military and political events
- leaders used Hellenistic paintings to heighten the drama of achievement
- use of coins to illustrate deeds of their ancestors, often with a lot of detail
relief sculpture - correct answer ✔✔- Sculpture that projects from a flat background
Civilizations and Their Legacy
Early Roman Art - correct answer ✔✔- no native tradition of artistic production
- developed in the shadows of the Etruscans
- used bronze and terracotta
- remained dominant until the 4th century
Greek art in Rome - correct answer ✔✔- plundered statues and paintings from captured cities
- inspired by religious motives and a desire to beautify the city
- eventually, people wanted to privately own Greek art for their homes and villas
- Greek artists started working to satisfy Roman customers
- a whole market was established for Athenian art in Delos
Greek styles in Rome - correct answer ✔✔- particularly good workings with marble
- increased importation of Greek art led to Hellenisation of Roman buildings
- more pronounced after Rome annexed Greece in 2nd c. BCE
Italian current in architecture - correct answer ✔✔- a fusion of ideas from Etruscan and Greek styles
- uses materials and ornamental Greek forms but had a distinctive shape, raised on a podia and
approached from the front with a stairway
- emphasis on the front of the building with column on the front or sides
- plain wall at the back
Concrete architecture - correct answer ✔✔- happened toward the end of the 3rd c. BCE
- mixture of lime, water, sand
- can be used as an adhesive or as a building material
- effective for construction of vaults
, - execution of building with concrete was carried out by slaves
- its simplicity allowed for a lot more large-scale projects
- using volcanic sand gave concrete hydraulic properties
Roman Portraiture - correct answer ✔✔- portrait sculpture was heavily Hellenistic
- emphasis on age and experience
- Flaminius was first to be depicted on coinage
- for private portraits, they followed Etruscan style, with focus on the head and simplification of the body
- tradition of keeping the wax masks of the ancestors to give way to busts
veristic style - correct answer ✔✔- manifestation of private portraiture
- emerged at the beginning of the 1st c. BCE
- uncompromising depiction of external features of the subject
Classicising statuary - correct answer ✔✔- copying Greek statues became common practice as the
demand for them was so high
- some artists combined traits of different works
- some endowed old ones with new meanings which led to new forms of display
- public buildings were made to show off the art
luxuria - correct answer ✔✔- private statue collection is one aspect of the luxurious life style
- mosaics were very fine pieces and often thought to be imported
- stuccowork was inspired by monumental masonry applied in Hellenistic palaces
Art as propaganda - correct answer ✔✔- art celebrated military and political events
- leaders used Hellenistic paintings to heighten the drama of achievement
- use of coins to illustrate deeds of their ancestors, often with a lot of detail
relief sculpture - correct answer ✔✔- Sculpture that projects from a flat background
