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Pictorial Style
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A huge roofed building used for commercial transactions and as a municipal hall and law court.
What is the Basilica
100
Was a large hall entered through a corridor from the street and the main feature of the Roman domus
What is atrium
100
This building has a traditional rectangular portico and a huge concrete rotunda
What is the Pantheon
100
White marble used on bust of emperor Caracalla
What is lunense
100
Roman mural paintings were executed in this style
What is buon fresco
200
Provided facilities for playing ball, running, and wrestling and included a frigidarium, tepidarium, and caldarium
What are the Public Baths
200
This city serves as an example of Roman interest in material comfort and was preserved as a result of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79
What is Pompeii
200
These are rows of recessed rectangles in the ceiling
What are coffered bands
200
Most typical item of funerary art for the Romans
What is the sarcophagus
200
The murals in the Villa of the Mysteries near Pompeii are executed in this style.
What is the Second Style
300
The exterior of this structure consisted of arcades with three stories of round arches framed by entablatures and engaged columns.
What is the Colosseum
300
Concrete apartment blocks or tenements where the middle and lower classes lived
What is insulae
300
This piece was symbolic of the reign of Augustus
What is the “Altar of Peace”
300
One of the portrait types most characteristic of Rome
What is the bust
300
This was a First Style mosaic from Villa of Cicero
What is the Soothsayers
400
This is a hard, durable limestone that mellows to a golden yellow
What is travertine
400
A rectangular opening in the atrium roof which was the primary source of light in the domus.
What is compluvium
400
This monument was originally created in honor of the Roman victory over the Dacians and was built in 113 A.D.
What is Trajan’s Column
400
This statue’s original location on the throne in the apse of the basilica reflected the emperor’s power over the Roman people and the empire.
What is the monumental head of Constantine
400
This along with shading creates an illusion of volume
What are highlights
500
Comes from latin words ducere and aqua
What is aqueduct
500
Hadrian admired this temple while visiting Alexandria and built his own replica at his villa
What is Serapaeum
500
The columns in the arch of Titus used this order
What is the Composite order
500
This is the most impressive surviving example of an equestrian monument located in the Piazza del Campidoglio.
What is the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
500
This person was the first historian of the Christian Church
Who was Eusebius