ROMAN

ART
Roman Art
• The Hellenistic world was absorbed by the Raman Empire in
the first century BC.
• The Romans admired the older Greek civilizations and
propagated it throughout the empire.
• In the arts, Roman sculptors adapted Greek forms and
techniques but the Romans, uniike the Idealint Greeks, were
practical and realistic. They were not
• particularly religious. and stresses civic virtues of citizens
and placed importance on the family as a unit.
 Painting
Roman artist painted their environment. They developed new
subjects such as genre, still lifes, and landscapes, as well as
Architectural motifs. These ornamented the walls of villas
as frescoes, or as intricate mosaics on the floors and ceilings.

still lifes landscapes frescoes

 Sculpture
It was in portraiture that the Romans concentrated.
The portraits also served to reinforce the image of the authority
figure. These are the busts of Julius Caesar, the sculpture of
Augustus Caesar in full armor and many sculptured busts of
patricians, statesmen, philosophers, and poets. A later
development were the large equestrian statues, such as that of
Marcus Aurelius

Julius Caesar

Marcus Aurelius
Architecture
The largest contribution of the Romans is in architecture, As additional to the
three classic orders, the Romans added two more, the Tucsan order (with a
column similar to the Doric with its plain abacus capital but without flutings),
and the composite order (consisting of a bell-shaped capital with two rows of
acanthus leaves surmounted by scrolls). In the Roman architecture, the columns
were merely ornamental.

Tucsan order
• The important features of Roman architecture are the rounded
arch, the vault, and the dome. The simplest structure was the Arch of
Triumph, such as Arch of Titus.

Arch of Triumph Arch of Titus.

Functional architecture was created by the Romans, Huge public
building were constructed to accommodate vast crowds demanding
bread and circuses.
“Roman builders favored circular buildings, such as the Roman Colosseum,
a huge building with a large seating capacity.

Roman Colosseum
Another practical structure was the aqueduct, which served to channel water
from the mountain streams to the cities.

Another functional architecture was the Baths of Caracalla, a compound of

public bathing halls with a complex underground heating system.

The Roman constructed durable road to reach the far-flung cities of the empire
City building was an important activity.
Literature
Virgil is known for the Aeneid, an epic poem celebrating the glory of Rome,
Seneca developed tragedy in his plays.
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