Greek & Roman Painting Final

Stag-Hunt Pebble Mosaic, signed by Gnosis. From Pella, Macedonia. Ca. 330-300 BCE

\-not hunting weapons, military weapons

\-emphasis of skiagraphia, light and shadow, volumetric, implication of 3D space

\-everything is close to plane, no depth

\-not indicative that there is a light source in a specific space

\-speed/action is shown

\-idea of picture plane, some sort of spatial relationship, what is in front on what and how far they are from each other

\-illusion individual looking at something in the moment as it is happening

\-Gnosis means knowledge, my skill

\-resemblance of facial features of Alexander the Great

\-the face of the time

\-hunting scenes are important, military power, markers

Hades abducts Persephone. Tomb 1, Vergina, Macedonia. Ca. 350-300 BCE

\-Hades abducting persephone

\-lead on by Hermes

\-woman kneeling is Demeter, sad that her daughter was abducted

\-topic of death

\-emotion in response to death

\-terrifying face of hades

\-some shading

\-preliminary sketches that are there before the painting happens

\-really intricate facial expressions that

\-speed and movement indication by hair

\-detailed drapery

\-axel of the wheel, optical tricks, seeing something at an angle

\-jumping out into our space (viewer)

\-mother has gesture of mourning

\-tomb was sealed

\-only one part of the story, Demeter mourns and winter comes from the first time

\-story of death and rebirth

Facade, Hunting Frieze, Tomb II, Vergina, Macedonia. Ca. 350-300 BCE

\-depicted architecture

\-none of the elements are serving structural purpose, just plaster, made to look like columns, etc.

\-poorly preserved, bc in dirt

\-hunting scene

\-attention to the setting

\-items found in the tomb, iron and gold, pieces of decoration

\-some on horseback some on foot

\-emphasis on the figures involved in lion hunt, king of the animals

\-one of the figures has special wreath on head, pressumed to be of royal blood

\-fictional bc there are no lions in the area

\-controlled royal hunts in Persia

\-indication of sacred space, a tree with ornaments on it

\-done pretty quickly and covered pretty quickly

Facade, Tomb III, Hagios Athanasios, Macedonia. Ca. 325-300 BCE

\-associated with ruling elite in some sense

\-emphasizing male virtues

\-depicted guards on the entrance

\-shields drawn on the wall

\-scene of symposium

\-griffins flanking

\-luxurious architectural space

\-not oriented towards the public

\-skiagraphic technique

\-shows us symposium, king hosts drinking parties for his subjects

\-hierarchy by kings hosting the parties

\-can become quite violent events

\-many wearing wreaths

\-some carrying jugs of wine

\-dark background indicates night

\-specifies space and time

\-outdoor royal symposium, courtyard in palace, or maybe army traveling and having party outside

\-heading towards party

\-figure in the center is not holding a Kylix

\-royal body guards, has to be protected

\-symposium is elite

\-emphasize illusionism

\-long spears on guards

\-one fo the guards cover his face in shame

\-idealized medusa on one of the shields, slightly androgynous features, rosy cheeks, plump lips

\-other shield is another royal device, thunderbolt with wings

\-very public imagery

Tomb of Judgment, Lefkadia, Macedonia. Ca. 300 BCE

\-plaster columns and doric frieze

\-triglyphs are the blue things, 3 dashes

\-maybe a gate to the underworld

\-maybe a theatrical building

\-combination of painting and architecture

\-hard to create division between painting and architecture

\-quite similar style to pantheon

\-self reflective of history of art

\-public display

\-large scale figural scenes, rulers

\-labeling figures that judges the underworld, obscure tradition, in line with orphic mystery, death, life, rebirth

\-knowing or saying the name of judges may be a statement of power

\-picture of heaven and hell

Tomb of Lyson and Kallikles, Lefkadia, Macedonia. Late 3rd to Mid 2nd Century BCE

\-through medium of painting

\-family tomb

\-surrounded on 4 sides by column

\-scene painting

\-sense of depth and space

\-militaristic in some sense, wreaths, swords, trophies, things won in war

\-garland decorated in ribbons, put up for religious occasion

\-cleanse and purify yourself

\-also in garland are red things, pomegranates, associated with cycle of death and birth

Alexander Mosaic, House of the Faun, Pompeii. Late 2nd BCE, after a late fourth-century
painting by Philoxenos.

\-Alexander the Great attacking the Persian army

\-pallet is very limited

\-a battle of ixos

\-so confident that he brought his family

\-when they were losing, he

Stele of Hediste. From Volos, Greece. Mid 3rd Century BCE.

‘Saqiya Tomb,’ Wardian Tomb III. Alexandria, Egypt. 2nd Century BCE

Palestrina Nile Mosaic, late 2nd or early 1st century BCE

First Style Painting, Fauces and Atrium, Samnite House, Herculaneum. Ca. 100 BCE

Second Style Painting, Room II, House of the Griffins, Palatine Hill, Rome. Ca. 80 BCE

\-military power

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Second Style Painting, Cubiculum 16, Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. Ca. 60-50 BCE

Room of the Mysteries, Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. Ca. 60-50 BCE

Second Style Painting, Cubiculum M, Villa at Boscoreale. Ca. 50 BCE

Second Style Painting, Room of the Masks, House of Augustus, Rome. Ca. 42-28 BCE

Garden Room, Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, ca. 30-20 BCE

Second Style Painting, Cubiculum B, Villa della Farnesina, Rome. Ca. 28-19 BCE

Third Style Painting, Red Room, Augustan Villa at Boscotrecase. Ca. 11 BCE

Polyphemus and Perseus Panels, Augustan Villa at Boscotrecase. Ca. 11 BCE

Room of Achilles on Skyros, Domus Aurea (Golden House of Nero), Rome. ca. 64-68 CE

Frieze of Cupids at work, triclinium, House of the Vettii, Pompeii. Ca. 70 CE

Fourth Style Painting, ‘Pentheus Room,’ House of the Vettii, Pompeii. Ca. 70 CE

Fourth Style Painting, ‘Ixion Room,’ House of the Vettii, Pompeii. Ca. 70 CE

Black and White Mosaic of traders from Carthage, Forum of the Coporations, Mosaic, Ostia. \n Late 2nd Century CE

Black and White Mosaic of traders from Mauretania Caesarensis, Forum of the Coporations, \n Mosaic, Ostia. Late 2nd Century CE

Black and White Mosaic of Neptune and attendants. Room 4, Baths of Neptune, Ostia. Ca. \n 139 CE

Black and White Mosaic of Athletes, Room 12 (palestra) Baths of Neptune, Ostia. Ca. 139 \n CE

Paintings in Room 27, House of Jupiter and Ganymede, Ostia, Ca. 180-190 CE

Terrace House 2, Residential Unit 3, Ephesus. ca. 220-250 CE

Synagogue, Dura-Europos, Syria. ca. 244 CE - Crossing of the Red Sea, Aaron and the \n Tabernacle, Torah Shrine with Sacrifice of Isaac.

Baptistery, Christian Building, Dura-Europos, Syria. 230s CE. - Good Shepherd, Healing of \n the Paralytic, Marys at the Tomb

Painted Portrait of Severan Family, ca. 200 CE. From Egypt.

“Brothers Tondo” from Antinoopolis, Egypt. Mid Second Century CE.

Mummy of Artemidorus, from Hawara, Egypt. ca. 100-120 CE

Triptych Portrait of Man with Isis and Serapis, from Egypt. 180-200 CE.

Painted Chamber with Orpheus, Catacomb of Peter and Marcellinus, Rome. Early 4th \n Century CE

Painted Ceiling with Good Shepherd and Story of Jonah, Catacomb of Peter and \n Marcellinus, Rome. Early 4th Century CE

Vault Mosaic, Santa Costanza, Rome. ca. 330-360 CE.