Roman Art And Architecture High Empire and Late Empire
High Empire (AD ) Nerva, r Trajan (Plotina), r Hadrian (Sabina), r Antoninus Pius (Faustina the Elder), r Marcus Aurelius (Faustina the Younger), r Lucius Verus, co-emperor, r Commodus, r
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 275 Plan of Timgad
faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 275 ecole.orange.fr/.../rome/judiciai.htm Reconstruction – interior of Basilica Ulpia Forum of Trajan Apses Nave Aisles Entrance Clerestory windows
Trajan’s Column. Flashcard Roman soldiers building a wooden palisade at the seige of Sarmizethusa, the capital of the Dacian chief Decebalus. Stokstad, p Gardners Art Through the Ages
Column of Trajan Trajan erected the column to commemorate his victory over the Darians Relief decoration spirals upward, 656 feet if unfurled. Continuous pictorial narrative. Marble, 38 meters tall 106 – 13 BCE Trajan ordered the building of the Markets of Trajan
Markets of Trajan faculty.cva.edu
Arch of Trajan merchants and deities Olympic deities emperor supervising distribution of largesse to poor freeborn Italian children.
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 278 pageperso.aol.fr/__121b_xMp9JJNBoxt8gLKDwkyaE Funerary relief of a circus official Continuous Narration 1 2 3?
Gardner’s 11 th ed., p. 279 faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.htm Hadrian's Wall Portrait Busts of Hadrian Compare to KRESILAS, Pericles
Hadrian One of the 5 “good rulers” of the Early Empire Ruled between CE Brought a long period of peace and stability Successor of Trajan Patronage of the Pantheon Hadrian’s Bust - marble - realistic Hadrian’s Wall - 80 mile wide - Located in northern Britain - separates Roman territory and barbaric Picts
Pantheon exterior Gardner’s 11th ed., p. ll faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.htm Flashcards reconstruction with forecourt
Gardner’s 11 th ed., p sfusd.edu Painting by Giovanni Pannini Pantheon interior Coffers
Canopus and Serapeum, Hadrian’s Villa Flashcard faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html Canopus Serapeum rear of the Serapeum complex
Gardner’s 11 th ed.., p. 282 faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html Al-Khazneh (Treasury), Petra Compare
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p Model of an insula
wings.buffalo.edu Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 283 faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html Floor Mosaic: Neptune and creatures of the sea
Column base of Antoninus Pius, Apotheosis of Antoninus and Faustina Decursio Flashcard Gardner’s 11th ed
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius Flashcard Gardner’s Art Through the Ages
Gardner’s 12 th ed., 287 Sarcophagus with myth of Orestes
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 287 Flashcard Kline Asiatic sarcophagus Compare to Etruscan sarcophagus
Gardner’s 11 th ed., p facstaff.uww.edu/henigec/imagesearch/public/p... Flashcard Mummy portraits from Faiyum, Egypt Encaustic Regional differences – with other sarcophagus
Late Empire (AD ) Began with the Severan dynasty and included the soldier emperors of the third century, the tetrarchs, and Constantine, the first Christian emperor.
Late Empire (AD ) Selected emperors (and empresses) were: Septimius Severus (Julia Domna), r Caracalla (Plautilla), r Severus Alexander, r Trajan Decius, r Trebonianus Gallus, r Diocletian, r Constantine I, r
Late Empire (AD ) Became more & more difficult to keep order on the frontiers; Roman authority challenged & began to erode Assassination of Marcus’s son Commodus (r. AD ) brought the Antonine dynasty to an end Economy in decline; efficient imperial bureaucracy disintegrating Official state religion losing ground to Eastern cults, Christianity gained large numbers of converts Pivotal period: pagan ancient world transformed into Christian Middle Ages
Septimius Severus and his family Tempera tondo
Flashcard Portrait of Caracalla
Arch of Septimius Severus w.royalcollection.org.uk/egallery/object.as... faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/LateEmpire.html Gardner’s 11th ed Late Antique Style
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 290 wings.buffalo.edu/.../ac html Baths of Caracalla Natatio Frigidarium Tepidarium Caldarium Palaestra
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 291 Portrait bust of Trajan Decius
Heroic portrait of Trebonianus Gallus Flashcard
Schneider Adams, p. 278 Gardner’s website Flashcard Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus – Battle of Romans & Barbarians Mithras
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 293 Sarcophagus of a philosopher
atheism.about.com/od/religiousplaces/ig/Baalb... Temple of Venus, Baalbek, Lebanon
The Four Tetrarchs Flashcard Porphyry Schematic drapery Gardner’s 12th ed., Flickr.com
Arch of Constantine. Art Resource Flashcard Constantine flanked by statues of Hadrian & Marcus Aurelius Distribution of largess
Distribution of largesse, Arch of Constantine
Portrait of Constantine Flashcard
Flashcard Basilica Nova Gardner’s 12th ed wings.buffalo.edu/.../ac html
Gardner’s 12 th ed. Pp Aula Palatina
Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 298 Coins with portraits of Constantine