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Roman Art And Architecture High Empire and Late Empire
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High Empire (AD 96-192) Nerva, r. 96-98 Trajan (Plotina), r. 98-117 Hadrian (Sabina), r. 117-138 Antoninus Pius (Faustina the Elder), r. 138- 161 Marcus Aurelius (Faustina the Younger), r. 161-180 Lucius Verus, co-emperor, r. 161-169 Commodus, r. 180-192
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 275 Plan of Timgad
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faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html www.utexas.edu/.../romanciv/30224art1images.htm 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
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Trajan’s Column. Flashcard Roman soldiers building a wooden palisade at the seige of Sarmizethusa, the capital of the Dacian chief Decebalus. Stokstad, p.. 248 www.utexas.edu/.../romanciv/30224art1images.htm Gardners Art Through the Ages
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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
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Markets of Trajan faculty.cva.edu www.utexas.edu/.../romanciv/30224art1images.htm
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http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~demilio/index.htm http://ims.homedns.org/details.php?image_id=368 http://rubens.anu.edu.au/italy2004/benevento/arch_of_trajan/under_arch/ www.indiana.edu/~leach/c414/trajport.html Arch of Trajan merchants and deities Olympic deities emperor supervising distribution of largesse to poor freeborn Italian children.
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 278 pageperso.aol.fr/__121b_xMp9JJNBoxt8gLKDwkyaE... http://www.unicaen.fr/rome/skin/images/bxl_circusmaximus.jpg www.crystalinks.com/romearch3.html Funerary relief of a circus official Continuous Narration 1 2 3?
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Gardner’s 11 th ed., p. 279 faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.htm http://www.the-colosseum.net/images/hadrian-bust.jpg www.accd.edu/.../arthistory/arts1303/Rome3.htm Hadrian's Wall Portrait Busts of Hadrian Compare to KRESILAS, Pericles
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Hadrian One of the 5 “good rulers” of the Early Empire Ruled between 117-138 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
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Pantheon exterior Gardner’s 11th ed., p. ll faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.htm www.abiyoyo.com/italia/roma/pantheon/pantheon.htm www.irisprints.com/detail.html?id=116 www.britannica.com/eb/art-6837 www.abiyoyo.com/italia/roma/pantheon/pantheon.htm www.dartmouth.edu/.../updates/week7_8/nov11.html http://www.himemiya.net/livejournal/Italy2004/0366-rome-pantheon.jpg Flashcards reconstruction with forecourt
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www.utexas.edu/.../romanciv/30224art1images.htm Gardner’s 11 th ed., p. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:PantheonOculus.01.jpg http://www.indiana.edu/~leach/c414/net_id/rome/pantheon/pantheon6.jp http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~zing/w_photo_r.html sfusd.edu Painting by Giovanni Pannini Pantheon interior Coffers
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Canopus and Serapeum, Hadrian’s Villa Flashcard faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html www.aarhuskat-gym.dk/.../bygninger/villa.htm www.bluffton.edu www.dartmouth.edu/.../week9_10/nov14.html Canopus Serapeum rear of the Serapeum complex
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Gardner’s 11 th ed.., p. 282 faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html http://198.62.75.4/www1/ofm/sbf/escurs/Giord/61petra04big.jpg http://www.holidaycheck.fr/data/urlaubsbilder/mittel/98/1090924365.jpg www.lodimapress.com Al-Khazneh (Treasury), Petra Compare
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 282 http://www.med.uni-jena.de/klinikmagazin/archiv/km200/kmonline/insula.jpg Model of an insula
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wings.buffalo.edu Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 283 faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Roman/HighEmpire.html www.vroma.org/images/raia_images/index4.html Floor Mosaic: Neptune and creatures of the sea
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Column base of Antoninus Pius, Apotheosis of Antoninus and Faustina Decursio Flashcard Gardner’s 11th ed
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Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius Flashcard http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Musei_Capitolini Gardner’s Art Through the Ages
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., 287 Sarcophagus with myth of Orestes
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 287 Flashcard Kline Asiatic sarcophagus Compare to Etruscan sarcophagus
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Gardner’s 11 th ed., p. 288 http://www.akhet.co.uk/graphics/nmsface.jpg facstaff.uww.edu/henigec/imagesearch/public/p... http://static.flickr.com/46/184583306_4aa82ee947_m.jpg Flashcard Mummy portraits from Faiyum, Egypt Encaustic Regional differences – with other sarcophagus
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Late Empire (AD 192-337) Began with the Severan dynasty and included the soldier emperors of the third century, the tetrarchs, and Constantine, the first Christian emperor.
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Late Empire (AD 192-337) Selected emperors (and empresses) were: Septimius Severus (Julia Domna), r. 193-211 Caracalla (Plautilla), r. 211-217 Severus Alexander, r. 222-235 Trajan Decius, r. 249-251 Trebonianus Gallus, r. 251-253 Diocletian, r. 284-305 Constantine I, r. 306-337
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Late Empire (AD 192-337) Became more & more difficult to keep order on the frontiers; Roman authority challenged & began to erode Assassination of Marcus’s son Commodus (r. AD 180-192) 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
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www.utexas.edu/courses/romanciv/30221history6... Septimius Severus and his family Tempera tondo
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Flashcard Portrait of Caracalla www.metmuseum.org/.../05/eust/hob_40.11.1a.htm
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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
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 290 wings.buffalo.edu/.../ac880320.html Baths of Caracalla Natatio Frigidarium Tepidarium Caldarium Palaestra
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 291 Portrait bust of Trajan Decius
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Heroic portrait of Trebonianus Gallus Flashcard www.metmuseum.org/.../ropo/hob_05.30_05.47.htm
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Schneider Adams, p. 278 Gardner’s website www.wisc.edu/arth/ah201/wk09lec2.html Flashcard Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus – Battle of Romans & Barbarians Mithras
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 293 Sarcophagus of a philosopher
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http://www.thymos.com/monument/syria/syria021.jpg http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/photochroms/4334.html http://www.speleogenesis.info/archive/sg6/artId3269/img/SG_2-2_Osborne_F1.jpg atheism.about.com/od/religiousplaces/ig/Baalb... Temple of Venus, Baalbek, Lebanon
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The Four Tetrarchs Flashcard Porphyry Schematic drapery Gardner’s 12th ed., Flickr.com
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Arch of Constantine. Art Resource http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth212/late_antiquity_imp_image.html http://www.culturalresources.com/images/Augustus2.jpg Flashcard Constantine flanked by statues of Hadrian & Marcus Aurelius Distribution of largess
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http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth212/late_antiquity_imp_image.html Distribution of largesse, Arch of Constantine
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Portrait of Constantine Flashcard www.dartmouth.edu/.../updates/week3_4/oct12.html www.tronchin.com/Art1A/lecture15.htm
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Flashcard Basilica Nova www.dartmouth.edu/.../updates/week7_8/nov10.html Gardner’s 12th ed www.utexas.edu/.../romanciv/30225endimages.htm wings.buffalo.edu/.../ac822712.html
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www.learn.columbia.edu/.../item?skip=4020 Gardner’s 12 th ed. Pp. 297-98 www.hhog.de Aula Palatina
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Gardner’s 12 th ed., p. 298 Coins with portraits of Constantine
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