Review Presentation 7

Mosaic (from Pella, Macedonia) TESSERAE: The individual chips in a mosaic

Ephesus

Pergamon: Acropolis—ALTAR OF ZEUS Giants: Primeval, cthonic monsters “ Gigantomachy”

Pergamon: ASCLEPION Asclepius: Healing god

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
GREAT PYRAMID(S?)
of EGYPT
Still standing

GREAT PYRAMID(S?)
of EGYPT
2. HANGING GARDENS
of BABYLON
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Destroyed—date unknown
No trace has ever been found

GREAT PYRAMID(S?)
of EGYPT
2. HANGING GARDENS
of BABYLON
3. STATUE OF ZEUS
at OLYMPIA
Move to Constantinople
Destroyed in a fire—462 AD

GREAT PYRAMID(S?)
of EGYPT
2. HANGING GARDENS
of BABYLON
3. STATUE OF ZEUS
at OLYMPIA
4. THE MAUSOLEUM
(of MAUSOLUS)
Destroyed by 1522 AD
after the Knights of St.
John use the stones to
build their fortress.

Destroyed—Christians, 401 AD SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: TEMPLE of ARTEMIS at EPHESUS

GREAT PYRAMID(S?)
of EGYPT
2. HANGING GARDENS
of BABYLON
3. STATUE OF ZEUS
at OLYMPIA
4. THE MAUSOLEUM
(of MAUSOLUS)
5. TEMPLE of ARTEMIS
at EPHESUS
6. THE COLOSSUS of
RHODES
Destroyed—sold as scrap by
Arab merchants 654 AD

GREAT PYRAMID(S?)
of EGYPT
2. HANGING GARDENS
of BABYLON
3. STATUE OF ZEUS
at OLYMPIA
4. THE MAUSOLEUM
(of MAUSOLUS)
5. TEMPLE of ARTEMIS
at EPHESUS
6. THE COLOSSUS of
RHODES
7. THE LIGHTHOUSE of
ALEXANDRIA
Destroyed by Sultan in 1480 AD; stone used for fortifications

ETRUSCANS: Cental Italy, Tuscany (Etruria) 

Apollo of Veii sculpted by Vulca of Veii? Etruscan sculpture

VERISTIC (Topographical) Blunt, unidealized portraits, intended to convey Republican virtues through physiognomy (the study of the face): --seriousness --experience --loyalty --determination Rome: Republican-era sculpture

BATTLE OF ACTIUM (31 BC) Naval Battle, Ionian Sea Octavian vs. combined forces of Marc Antony and Cleopatra (Egyptian Ptolomeic Queen) Octavian: adopted son of Julius Caesar Caesarion: son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra; Marc Antony, aligned with Cleopatra, tried to promote Caesarion as the true heir of Caesar

27 BC: AUGUSTUS (“Supreme Ruler”) Roman Empire

Octavian Augustus Octavian: Changes his name to Augustus

Greek idealism: generic (the perfectibility of human nature) Roman idealism: specific (highly propagandistic) Rome: Imperial sculpture Greece: Doryphoros Rome: Augustus

Rome: Imperial sculpture Augustus of Prima Porta

Rome: Imperial sculpture—Augustus of Prima Porta Ideal: generic idea Ideal: specific individual

Rome: Imperial sculpture—Augustus of Prima Porta Cupid: Son of Venus; father of Aeneas  Dolphin: Symbol of Venus; born from the sea  Julio-Claudian line: Claimed to be descended from Aeneas

Rome: Imperial sculpture—Augustus of Prima Porta (Cuirass)  Parthian  Standard Roman soldier 

Rome: Imperial sculpture—Augustus of Prima Porta (Cuirass)  Caelus: canopy of the sky  Moon: descending Sun: ascending  Apollo: sun   Diana: moon Mother Earth figure with  cornucopia (horn of plenty): Wealth and bounty of the new age that is dawning

Rome: Imperial sculpture—Augustus of Prima Porta (Cuirass) Return of standards signifies the dawn of a new era under of pride and patriotism under Augustus, which will lead to Roman prosperity.

Ara Pacis Augustae Ara: altar Pacis: peace Augustae: Augustan “ The Altar of Augustan Peace” Rome: early Imperial art—Augustan propaganda ARA PACIS

Context: CAMPUS MARTIUS Rome: early Imperial art—Augustan propaganda ARA PACIS

Rome: early Imperial art—Augustan propaganda ARA PACIS  Aeneas Shrine   Sow

Peace and bounty carried over earth and sea, blown by wind and carried by waters to four corners of the earth + Rome: early Imperial art—Augustan propaganda ARA PACIS

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