Professor Stephanie Smith
AH 1541

ETRUSCAN ART

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Hand mirror
bronze, c. 470-450 BCE
height 6 5/8"; diameter 6"
The Art Institute of Chicago
cf. Mirror (Stokstad, fig. 6-13)
Head of a Man (so-called Brutus)
bronze, c. 300-270 BCE
height 69 cm.
Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy

She-Wolf
bronze, c. 500-480 BCE
height 33 1/2"
Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy
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ROMAN ART


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The Republic
The Early Empire
The Late Empire

 
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THE REPUBLIC and AUGUSTUS
Head of an Old Man
c. 40 BCE
marble, 30 cm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Skulpturensammlung, Dresden, Germany (inv. no. #Herrmann 367)
Compare this work to Augustan and later imperial portraits-how is it different?
Temple of Portunus, Rome (detail)
Late 2nd c. CE

Pont-du-Gard aquaduct, Nimes, France 
Notice the projections left on the stone. Scaffolding could be erected using these projections when repairs were needed.

detail of topmost course showing (originally) covered and lead-lined water channel

1st c. BCE


Imperial Procession (in color)
(relief from upper register of side wall) marble, 5'2"

Allegory
(relief from top register of rear wall) marble, 5'2"

both from the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome 
13-9 BCE

Villa of Livia, Primaporta (near Rome)
Late 1st c. BCE (c. 30-20 BCE)
Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
Cameo Glass Skyphos
glass, 10.5 cm high
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (inv. no. 84.AF.85)
Fresco Fragment (landscape)
c. 3rd quarter of 1st century BCE
fresco, 61 cm high
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (inv. no 96.AG.170)
Amphitheater, Pompeii, Italy
c. 80 BCE
Compare this amphitheater to the one in Rome (Stokstad, fig. 6.37-39). How are they different?
Click here for some interesting info on Pompeii and the eruptions of Vesuvius (including a space shuttle photo of the volcano)
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THE EARLY EMPIRE
Colosseum (detail)
Rome
72-80 CE
Relief of a Chariot Accident
c. 1st. c. CE
terracotta, 31 x 40 cm.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
If you think this is cool, watch the chariot race scene from the movie Ben Hur.
Column of Trajan, Rome
marble, 106-113 CE
height with base 125'
When you click on the thumbnail you will be taken to a site where you can view all of the scenes in order.
Isidora Master (so-called)
Mummy Portrait of a Woman
c. 100-125 CE
Encaustic and gilt on wooden panel wrapped in linen, 48 x 36 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A., CA (inv. no. 81. AP.42)

Arch of Titus, Rome
marble, 50'
c. 81 CE

Triumph of Titus (deatil of arch)
marble, 6'8"


Bust of Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE)
marble, 74 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Notice the drilled, upward looking pupils and the fact that he wears a beard.
Trivia fact: In the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley kills Freddie with a bust of Hadrian.

Bust of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus
c. 200 CE
marble
Musee du Louvre, Paris France
cf. Stokstad, fig. 6-79
Bust of Septimius Severus, husband of Julia Domna (and emperor of Rome from 193-211 CE)
c. 192-211 CE
marble, 89 cm.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
cf. Stokstad, fig. 6-79
Bust of Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 CE)
c. 161-170 CE
marble, 91 cm.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
cf. Stokstad, fig. 6-67
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
c. 161-180 CE
bronze (originally gilded), 11' 6"
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy
This work is no longer in the courtyard, it was re-gilded in the late 80's and now stands inside the museum (see Stokstad, fig. 6-67)
Sign for a butcher's shop
c. 125-150 CE
marble, 38 cm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Skulpturensammlung, Dresden, Germany (inv. no. #Herrmann 418)
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THE LATE EMPIRE
Arch of Constantine, Rome
312-15 CE (dedicated July 25, 315)
Constantine the Great
marble, 325-326 CE
height of head 8' 6"
Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, Italy
Coin reverse: Constantine on horseback
c. 324-325 CE
gold solidus, 1.9 cm diameter
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (inv. no. 1922-4903)
The Tetrarchs
c. 305 CE
porphyry, 51"
Now installed in the corner of the Church of San Marco, Venice, Italy
Dionysus attended by the Four Seasons, Tellus (earth), and Oceanus (river)
marble, 220-230 CE
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