ANCIENT ROMAN ART

Roman artists tried to reproduce the world around them as

realistically as they could.
Roman art is a reflection of mixture of borrowed cultures fused
together with local traditions to form their own styles and traditions.
ROMAN PAINTINGS
- Most of the paintings in this era were copied or imitated from Hellenic
Greek paintings.
- Fresco technique was used in brightly colored backgrounds; division of
the wall into a multiple rectangular areas.
- Roman paintings have a wide variety of subjects, animals, everyday
life, still life, mythological subjects, portraits and landscapes.
- The development of landscape painting is the main innovation of
Roman painting from Greek painting.
ROMAN SCULPTURES
- Most Roman sculptures are made of monumental terra-cotta.
Sarcophagus - is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most
commonly carved in stone, and displayed above ground, though it may
also be buried.
The Portonacio Sarcophagus
-The best known and most elaborate of all sarcophagus.
-Used for the burial of Roman General
-It depicts battle scenes between Romans and Germans
Sarcophagus, from Cervetiri
-Made of Terra Cotta
- length 67 (2.06 m)
- a husband and wife are shown reclining comfortably, as if they were
on a couch.
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
- Roman architecture was designed to reflect the power of the city and
to create in all people an awe of its imperial power.
- They built sturdy stone structures both for use and to perpetuate their
Glory.

- The emperors erected huge halls and arenas for public games, baths
and procession.
- They built them of gigantic arches of stone, bricks and concrete or with
barrel vaults.
The Colosseum

- or Coliseum is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome,

Italy.
Arch of Constantine

- It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's

victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312.
ROMAN FOLK ARTS
MOSAIC
- It is an art process where an image is created using an assemblage of
small pieces of colored glass, stones, or other materials.
- This art is use for decorative art or for interior decorations.
VASES
- The romans are also excellent in making vases