Roman Art and Archaeology: Week 7

Plebian style

style of funerary art used by lower-class people that is less refined but still very intentional with realism being secondary

Trimalchio by Patronius

satirical writing about changes in imperial funerary stuff

munus

gladiatorial games/”duty”

Nimes

French region conquered by Augustus full of Roman inspired art and archaeology

aqueduct

a channel built to take water from one place to another

fronntius

amphitheater

an ascending circular seating gallery

triclinium

opus sectile

cut/pieced work (curvy marble motifs)

damnatio memoriae

“condemnation of the memory”; the removing of the faces of famous people on their statues everywhere

Skyphus

ring handled cup

rustication

a masonry technique that leaves the surface of each block cut clearly to indicate its place in a building (opposite of ashlar masonry)

Colonia Augusta Emerita (Merida)

Colony in modern day Spain established by Augustus in 25 BCE

Tiberius

Roman Emperor from 14-37 CE; successor to Augustus

Caligula

Roman Emperor fromm 37-41 CE; successor to Tiberius

Claudias

Roman Emperor from 41-54 CE; successor to Caligula

Fig. 6-24 Third Style mural painting, north wall of the Black Room (cubiculum 15), Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, ca. 10 BCE

Fig. 7-9 Funerary relief with cortege of the deceased, from Amiternum, 50 – 1 BCE.

Fig. 7-3 Tomb of Caius Cestius (looking south), Via Ostiensis, Rome, ca. 15 BCE

Fig. 7-4 Tomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces (looking north), between Via Labicana and Via Praenestina at Porta Maggiore (fig. 9-17), Rome, late first century BCE

Fig. 7-5A The baking of bread, north frieze of the Tomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces (fig. 7-4), Rome, late first century

Fig. 8-2 Pont-du-Gard (looking northeast), Nîmes, France, ca. 16 BCE

Fig. 8-10 Maison Carrée (looking southwest), Nîmes, France, ca. 4–10 CE

Fig. 8-3 Arch of Augustus (looking northwest), Rimini, 27 BCE

Fig. 9-6 Gemma Augustea, ca. 15 ce. Sardonyx cameo

Fig. 9-4 Triumph of Tiberius, scyphus from Boscoreale, ca. 15–20 ce

Portrait of Caligula, “despot type”, from Asia Minor, 37 – 38 CE

Fig. 9-8 Bust of Agrippina the Elder, ca. 40–45 ce

Fig. 9-9 Claudius enthroned in the guise of Jupiter, from the theater, Cerveteri, ca. 45–54 CE

Fig. 9-15 Sacrifice at Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome, ca. 43 CE. Marble