Roman Art and Archaeology: Week 7

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Plebian style
style of funerary art used by lower-class people that is less refined but still very intentional with realism being secondary
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Trimalchio by Patronius
satirical writing about changes in imperial funerary stuff
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munus
gladiatorial games/”duty”
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Nimes
French region conquered by Augustus full of Roman inspired art and archaeology
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aqueduct
a channel built to take water from one place to another
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fronntius
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amphitheater
an ascending circular seating gallery
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triclinium
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opus sectile
cut/pieced work (curvy marble motifs)
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damnatio memoriae
“condemnation of the memory”; the removing of the faces of famous people on their statues everywhere
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Skyphus
ring handled cup
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rustication
a masonry technique that leaves the surface of each block cut clearly to indicate its place in a building (opposite of ashlar masonry)
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Colonia Augusta Emerita (Merida)
Colony in modern day Spain established by Augustus in 25 BCE
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Tiberius
Roman Emperor from 14-37 CE; successor to Augustus
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Caligula
Roman Emperor fromm 37-41 CE; successor to Tiberius
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Claudias
Roman Emperor from 41-54 CE; successor to Caligula
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Fig. 6-24 Third Style mural painting, north wall of the Black Room (cubiculum 15), Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, ca. 10 BCE
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Fig. 7-9 Funerary relief with cortege of the deceased, from Amiternum, 50 – 1 BCE.
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Fig. 7-3 Tomb of Caius Cestius (looking south), Via Ostiensis, Rome, ca. 15 BCE
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Fig. 7-4 Tomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces (looking north), between Via Labicana and Via Praenestina at Porta Maggiore (fig. 9-17), Rome, late first century BCE
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Fig. 7-5A The baking of bread, north frieze of the Tomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces (fig. 7-4), Rome, late first century
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Fig. 8-2 Pont-du-Gard (looking northeast), Nîmes, France, ca. 16 BCE
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Fig. 8-10 Maison Carrée (looking southwest), Nîmes, France, ca. 4–10 CE
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Fig. 8-3 Arch of Augustus (looking northwest), Rimini, 27 BCE
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Fig. 9-6 Gemma Augustea, ca. 15 ce. Sardonyx cameo
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Fig. 9-4 Triumph of Tiberius, scyphus from Boscoreale, ca. 15–20 ce
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Portrait of Caligula, “despot type”, from Asia Minor, 37 – 38 CE
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Fig. 9-8 Bust of Agrippina the Elder, ca. 40–45 ce
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Fig. 9-9 Claudius enthroned in the guise of Jupiter, from the theater, Cerveteri, ca. 45–54 CE
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Fig. 9-15 Sacrifice at Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome, ca. 43 CE. Marble