HAA Quiz 3!

Necropolis of Cerveteri - 7th - 2nd BCE

The architectural design of the Necropolis of Cerveteri (specifically the Banditaccia necropolis) from the 7th to 2nd centuries BCE mirrors an urban city layout ("city of the dead") that directly reflects contemporary Etruscan domestic architecture.Tumuli (7th Century BCE): Monumental, circular earthen mounds raised over a carved tufa rock drum.

Tomb of the Reliefs, Cerveteri, 250 BCE - relief art, carved into walls then painted, household objects for the dead

Sarcophagi from Cerveteri, 520 BCE, terracotta, Museo Nazionale di Villa Guilia Rome and Louvre, Paris

Revetment plagues from Acquarossa, banqueting scenes, painted terra cotta, 575-550, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Viterbo

Reconstruction of Portonaccio Temple at Veii, (Vitruvius wrote about this temple dedicated to Minerva and after excavation, people realiced he was accurate) 500 BCE. Notable acroterions

Aplu (Apollo) from Portonaccio Temple at Veii, 510 BCE, terra cotta, Museo Nazionale di Villa Guilia, Rome - Sculptor, Vulca of Veii

She Wolf, Bronze, 500 BCE, later additions by Antonio Pollaiuolo, Museo Capitolino, Rome

L’Arringatore (Orator) Aulus Metellis, 1st BCE, bronze, Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Florence

Nazionale, Florence, portrair of a man from Manganello, 1st C BCE, terra cotta, Museo Nazionale di Villa Guilia, Rome

*Unlikely this is on the quiz

Temple of Portunus, Rome, 80-70 BCE, Portunus was a god of keys and doors, blended Etruscan and greek architecture- engaged columns

Roman Forum

Will know when you see it, just a big open square surrounded by buildings, different leaders would build buildings around the forum to solidify their legacy

Roman Colosseum

-Engaged columns and pilasters, tuscan order (Roman version of doric)

-Will know when you see it

- 75-80 CE

Vespasian first built, Titus completed

Pantheon Rome

-Oculus, Temple front, rectangular block and rotunda, concrete, octastyle, exedrae, coffers- recessed geometric panels in ceiling , oculus- 3 part interior elevation

Optical effect that dome hovers over space immaterially 

Temple of all Gods-rodunda and portico mix. 

-built by Agrippa under the reign of Augustus

-Will def be on the quiz

Velaium

canvas awning that protected spectators from heat of the sun

Oculus

sky peep hole in ceiling

tumulus

overall mound covering the grave

dromos

specific corridor leading into tomb

Tuff

Soft volcanic rock

Revetment plagues

decorative and protective architectural panels