Western Art History (Etruscan, Roman, Late Antiquity)

Study art from the Etruscan, Roman, and Late Antiquity Periods. The artwork descriptions follow this model: Maker: Title / Location / Material / Date / Style

Model of Etruscan Temple / Italy / Wood, Brick / 6th Century BCE / Etruscan Style

Veii Apollo / Veii, Italy / Painted Terracotta / 510-500 BCE / Etruscan Style

Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple / Cervetiri, Italy / Painted Terracotta / 520 BCE / Etruscan Style

Capitoline Wolf / Rome, Italy / Bronze / 540-500 BCE / Etruscan Style

Chimera / Arezzo, Italy / Bronze / 1st half of 4th Century BCE / Etruscan Style

Aule Metele (Arringatore) / Cortona, Italy / Bronze / early 1st century BCE / Etruscan Style

Interior of the Tomb of the Leopards / Monterozzi, Italy / fresco / 480 BCE / Etruscan Style

Statue of Augustus / Prima Porta, Rome / Copy of Bronze Original / 20 BCE / Roman Early Empire Style

Ara Pacis (Altar of Augustan Peace) / Campus Martius, Rome / 13-9 BCE / Roman Early Empire Style

Apollodorus of Damascus: Trajan’s Forum and Markets / Rome / Roman Concrete / 112 CE / Roman High Empire Style

Column of Trajan / Trajan’s Forum, Rome / 112 CE / Roman High Empire Style

Basilica Ulpia / Trajan’s Forum, Rome / 112 CE / Roman High Empire Style

Monumental Head of Constantine (fragment) / Rome / Marble / 315-330 CE / Roman Late Empire Style

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius / Rome / Bronze / 175 CE / Roman High Empire Style

Basilica of Constantine (Basilica Nova) / Rome / Concrete / 306-312 CE / Roman Late Empire Style

Colosseum / Rome / Brick, Concrete / 70-80 CE / Roman Early Empire Style

Arch of Titus / Rome / after 81 CE / Roman Early Empire Style

Arch of Constantine / Rome / 312-315 CE / Roman Late Empire Style

Temple of Vesta Tivoli / Italy / early 1st Century BCE / Roman Republic Style

Pantheon / Rome / 118-125 CE / Roman High Empire Style

Insula / Ostia, Rome / 2nd Century CE / Roman Early - High Empire Style

House of the Vettii / Pompeii, Italy / 2nd Century CE / Roman Republic Style

Dionysiac Mystery Frieze / Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii / fresco / 65-50 BCE / Roman 2nd Style of Painting

Cubiculum M / Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale / fresco / 60-40 BCE / Roman 2nd Style of Painting

Gardenscape / Villa of Livia, Prima Porta / fresco / 30-20 BCE / Roman 2nd Style of Painting

Cubiculum 15 / Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Pompeii / fresco / 10 BCE / Roman 3rd Style of Painting

Ixion Room / House of the Vettii, Pompeii / fresco / 70-79 CE / Roman 4th Style of Painting

Man with Portrait Busts of his Ancestors / Rome / Marble / late 1st Century BCE / Roman Republic Style

Head of an Old Man / Osimo / Marble / mid-1st century BCE / Roman Republic Style

Portrait of a Husband and Wife / House VII, Pompeii / fresco / 70-79 CE / Roman Early Empire Style

Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman / Rome / marble / 90 CE / Roman Early Empire Style

Christ as the Good Shepherd / marble / 300-350 CE / Late Antiquity Early Christian Style

Christ as the Good Shepherd / Mausoleum of Galla Placida, Ravenna / Mosaic / 425 CE / Late Antiquity Early Christian Style

Bascilica (and Martyrium) of Old St. Peter’s / Rome / 320 CE / Late Antiquity Early Christian Style

Mausoleum of Santa Costanza / Rome / 337 - 351 CE / Late Antiquity Early Christian Style

Church of San Vitale / Ravenna / 526-547 CE / Late Antiquity Byzantine Style

Justinian; Bishop Maximianus and Attendants / San Vitale / Mosaic / 526-547 CE / Late Antiquity Byzantine Style

Theodora and Attendants / San Vitale / Mosaic / 526-547 CE / Late Antiquity Byzantine Style

Anthemius and Isidorus: Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) / Constantinople (Turkey) / 532-537 CE / Late Antiquity Byzantine Style