ETRUSCAN ART
This Etruscan sculpture, inspired by Greek kouroi, moves more dramatically in space and once stood on a temple roof.
What is the Apollo from Veii?
Roman Republican portraiture is known for this hyper-realistic style emphasizing age and experience.
What is verism?
This sculpture idealizes Augustus and references Polykleitos’ Doryphoros.
What is Augustus of Primaporta?
This architectural innovation allowed Romans to build massive interiors like the Pantheon’s rotunda.
What is concrete?
This open central space in a Roman house supplied light and air.
What is the atrium?
These artificial mounds of earth and stone were placed over Etruscan graves.
What are tumuli?
This tradition of displaying ancestor masks influenced Republican portrait realism.
What are imagines?
The sculptural style of Augustus recalls this Greek tradition of idealized Classical form.
What is Classical Greek sculpture?
These sunken panels in the Pantheon dome reduce weight without weakening the structure.
What are coffers?
This basin collected rainwater from the opening in the roof.
What is the impluvium?
This artwork demonstrates the elevated status of Etruscan women by depicting a husband and wife reclining together.
What is the Sarcophagus of the Spouses?
This river served as the center of the Roman Empire.
What is the Tiber River?
This monument includes a panel called the Imperial Procession promoting family values.
What is the Ara Pacis?
This circular opening at the top of the Pantheon dome connects the temple to the heavens.
What is the oculus?
In Second Style wall painting, walls appear to do this.
What is open up into illusionistic space?
Etruscan tomb frescoes often depict this lively scene rather than somber mourning.
What are funerary banquets?
In 44 BCE, this Roman leader was murdered on the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This arch depicts the conquest of Jerusalem in 70 CE and includes a relief of the spoils from the Temple.
What is the Arch of Titus?
This architectural form is created when two barrel vaults intersect at right angles.
What is a groin vault?
This room functioned as the dining room in a Roman house.
What is the triclinium?
Unlike Greek temples, Etruscan temples had this feature that emphasized a single frontal approach.
What is a high podium with a frontal staircase?
In 27 BCE, this title meaning “majestic” was granted to Octavian, marking the start of the Roman Empire.
What is Augustus?
This imperial column narrates the two wars against the Dacians in a spiraling relief.
What is the Column of Trajan?
This massive amphitheater used a velarium to provide shade for spectators.
What is the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)?
This Pompeii house is known for elaborate fresco decoration and reflects social hierarchy.
What is the House of the Vettii?