Introduction to Roman Art
Hadrian's Wall, named after Emperor Hadrian, was constructed in this country to mark the territory of the Roman Empire and deter attacks from nearby tribes.
Bonus points for the name of the county
England
Northumberland
Viewing a portrait of this Roman leader on a denarius silver coin, we almost believe we know what he actually looked like.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The round walls of this building consists of three levels of arcades, surmounted with a wall-like top, or attic story
The Colosseum
This kind of structure was built to deliver several gallons of water from springs to cities using only gravity.
Aqueducts
True or False. Many of Europe's modern highways follow the paths laid out by the romans.
True
This over-life-sized statue depicts Augustus Caesar the way he wanted to be remembered
Augustus of Primaporta
When two Barrel vaults intersect, they're referred to as this kind of vault.
Groin
The romans produced this material using slaked lime and volcanic ash to create a sticky paste, which they then mixed with tuff.
Concrete
These buildings served as both a reflection of the importance of hygiene, but a social center for the entire community, later incorporating libraries, gymnasiums, formal gardens, and lecture halls.
Bath complexes
Roman Republican portraiture is commonly associated with this notion, describing the immediate look and feel of the subject
What is Verism
Most romans lived in this kind of lodging
apartment buildings
Latin: Insula
This bound tome is recognized as the earliest iteration of the book
The Codex
Roman art was inspired by, and sometimes incorporated, this other civilization's art after its capture in the 2nd century B.C.E.
Greece
The name of this Roman official is inscribed in Etruscan on the hem of his garment
Who is Aulus Metellus
The murals of this house possibly depict initiation rites to the cult of Bacchus, god of vegetation, fertility, and wine.
The Villa of the Mysteries
This system was used to heat wealthy homes and baths using a furnace lit under the floor
The hypocaust system
These two stories depict the origins of the romans.
The story of the birth of Romulus and Remus.
The Aeneid.
The head of this standing figure, though ancient Roman in origin, is a later replacement, and not the original.
Patrician carrying portrait busts of two ancestors
Some of the finest surviving Roman wall paintings are found in this Pompeiian house
The Pompeiian House of the Vettii
The design of some surgical tools used by the romans weren't changed until this century
20th