Roman Architecture
This famous Roman building is known for its huge arena, arches, and gladiator games.
What is the Colosseum?
These structures carried clean water from mountain streams into Roman cities.
What are aqueducts?
Roman portrait sculptures showed wrinkles and imperfections, a style called this.
What is realism or verism?
Wealthy Romans decorated homes with large wall paintings called this.
What are murals?
This large open public space was used for meetings and markets.
What is the Roman Forum?
Romans admired art from this earlier civilization.
What is Greece?
The Romans improved on the Greek post-and-lintel system by inventing this curved structure.
What is the round arch?
Question: This stone at the top of an arch “locks” all the stones together.
What is the keystone?
Romans often made marble versions of Greek statues, called this.
What is a copy or replica?
Roman murals were often painted using this wet-plaster technique.
What is fresco painting?
Romans relaxed and socialized in these public complexes.
What are baths (thermae)?
Romans used this Greek architectural feature for decoration.
What are columns?
A long hallway made of a series of round arches forms this “tunnel-like” ceiling.
What is a barrel vault?
Roman aqueducts worked using this natural force.
What is gravitational flow?
Early Roman funerals used these wax impressions of deceased relatives.
What are wax masks?
Roman painters aimed for this quality—figures that look realistic and moving.
What is naturalism?
Gladiatorial games were held in this structure
What is an amphitheater?
This Greek sculptural pose influenced Roman statues.
What is contrapposto?
The Temple of Fortuna Primigenia used this Roman roofing method that required thick, windowless walls.
What is the barrel vault?
The Segovia aqueduct was built with stone blocks without this material.
What is mortar or cement?
This monument shows a spiral relief of military victories.
What is Trajan’s Column?
Mosaics were made from tiny pieces of stone or glass called what?
What are tesserae?
Wealthy Romans lived in houses with central courtyards called this.
What is a domus?
The Ara Pacis friezes resemble this Greek sculptural tradition.
What is the Parthenon frieze?
This well-preserved Roman temple in Nîmes shows Greek inspiration plus Roman innovation.
What is the Maison Carrée?
Romans built rows of arches rather than a single giant arch to reduce this outward force.
What is outward thrust?
This peaceful altar features friezes of Roman families in procession.
What is the Ara Pacis?
Pompeii preserved many wall paintings because of this event.
What is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
This Roman road was lined with villas and tombs.
What is the Appian Way?
Greek art emphasized idealism; Roman art emphasized this.
What is realism?