Thursday, November 5, 2015

Ancient Roman Art

7.70 Plan and Restored view of the Temple of Venus
From Baalbek, Lebanon
3rd Century
Made of stone


7.65 Frigidarium, Baths of Diocletian (The Groin Vaulted )
From Rome, Italy
ca 298-306
Remodeled by Michelangelo Buonarroti as the nave of Santa Maria Degli, 1563


7.73 Arch of Constantine
Rome, Italy
312-315 CE
Commemoration of Constantine's defeat of Maxentius.


7.20 Gardenscape
Second style wall painting
From the Villa of Livia, Primaporta, Italy
30-20 BCE



7.31 Procession of the imperial family
South frieze of the Ara Pacis Augustae
Rome, Italy
13-9 BCE
Made of marble



7.28 Portrait bust of Livia
From Arsinoe, Egypt
Early first century
Made of marble



7.46 Markets of Trajan (looking Northeast)
Rome, Italy
100-112 CE
Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus
Made of brick-faced concrete



7.60 Mummy potrait of a priest of Serapis
From Hawara, Egypt
140-160 CE

7.9 Pompey the Great
55-50 BCE

7.25 Seated portrait of the Greek poet Menander
fourth style mural painting in exedra 23 
From the House  of the Menander, Pompeii







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