The document provides information on various Greek and Roman sculptors, artworks, and architectural structures. It discusses prominent Greek sculptors like Praxiteles, Skopas, and Lysippos. It then covers various structures from the ancient world including the Seven Wonders of the World, artifacts from Pompeii, and imperial Roman art like the Augustus of Prima Porta statue and Ara Pacis altar. The document also mentions Roman architectural features such as arches, columns, and the Colosseum amphitheater.
15. 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
16. 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
19. Greek idealism: generic (the perfectibility of human nature) Roman idealism: specific (highly propagandistic) Rome: Imperial sculpture Greece: Doryphoros Rome: Augustus
22. 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
24. 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
25. Ara Pacis Augustae Ara: altar Pacis: peace Augustae: Augustan “ The Altar of Augustan Peace” Rome: early Imperial art—Augustan propaganda ARA PACIS
27. 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
29. NERO: --He commits suicide in 68 AD. --The Senate declares him an enemy of the state and Galba, a Roman governor in Spain, marches on Rome. --Nero commits suicide and Galba becomes emperor --Galba is assassinated and two other emperors quickly come and go --The eastern armies declare their general, Vespasian, as emperor.