about romans archtecture

1. ROMAN ART STYLE
AND MOVEMENT
ARCHITECTURE

2. Roman
 The ancient Romans built one of the greatest empires in world history.
 However, whereas the Roman Empire lasted from about 30 BCE to 476 CE,
 The term Ancient Rome refers to the city of Rome, which was located in
central Italy
 Figur1: location
 The ancient Romans

3. Roman art
 The art of Ancient Rome, its Republic and later Empire includes
architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work.
 Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass are
sometimes considered to be minor forms of Roman art etc…

4. The Characteristics of Roman Art
 The Greek influence was very predominant in Roman painting and
sculpture…
main characteristics of roman art style movement
Painting
 Roman painting served mostly a decorative function.
 Painting techniques were developed to enhance the walls and to make the
living space a more comfortable dwelling.
Figur2 :Roman painting

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Landscape and vistas
The main innovation of Roman painting compared to Greek art was
the development of landscapes, in particular incorporating
techniques of perspective.
Still life ,Portraits
Gold glass, or gold sandwich glass, was a technique for fixing a layer of gold leaf with a
design between two fused layers of glass.
Sculpture
Roman art also made important strides in sculpture, which can be divided into statues and relief
sculptures.Roman sculptors, on the other hand, presented realistic
representations of their subjects with all their flaws
Figur3:example of sculpure

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Narrative reliefs, Pottery and terracottas Glass, Mosaic,
Metalwork , Coins and medals Architecture
Famous Roman architects
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. Vitruvius, in full Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, 80–70 BC Roman 15 BC
(aged 55–65) (flourished 1st century BC),
 Roman architect,Vitruvius was not just a Roman architect, he was an engineer, and
author of the celebrated treatise De architectura (On Architecture), a handbook for
Roman architects. De Architectura was the first major Roman treatise on
architecture
 Figur 4:
 Six caryatids

7. Colosseum
 The Colosseum was built between 72 A.D and 80 A.D under the Emperor Vespasian, in
the heart of Ancient Rome.
 Made from stone and concrete, this magnificent monument was built with the man
power of tens of thousands of slaves.
 The Colosseum is the largest amphitheater (meaning “theatre in the round”) in the world
it measures 189m long, 156m wide and 50m high
 This ancient sporting arena could easily fit a modern day football pitch inside
 This brilliant building had 80 entrances and could seat approximately 50,000 spectators
who would come to watch sporting events and games.
 The event at the Colosseum were seriously brutal, though – during certain games held
by the emperors around 10,000 animals were killed in a single day.
 The first games ever to be held were in 80 A.D, under Emperor Titus (the son of
Vespasian), and they ran for 100 days straight.

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 To protect the spectators from the blistering sun and heat of Ancient Rome,
there was the velarium – an awning that could be pulled over the top of the
seating area to provide shade
 Below the Colosseum were numerous rooms and underground passages. Here
is where the animals and gladiators were kept, waiting to meet their fate in the
arena above.
 There were also 36 trap doors in the arena for special effects
 Although two-thirds of the colosseum has been destroyed over time mostly
the result of vandalism, earthquakes and fires
 it is today a popular tourist site, attracting thousands of people every year
 Free for all! At the Colosseum’s major events – often those organised and paid
for by the emperors themselves – there was no entry fee.

9. Gaius Fabius Pictor
figur5:one of his
 Gaius Fabius Pictor was among the earliest painters whose work has
survived the test of time
 There is a gap of almost 150 years before the next surviving work from a
Romanpainter.Fabius was thought to have worked around 304 BC.
 He was born into the distinguished family of Fabii and received the title of
Pictor after becoming a painter.
 He painted the Temple of Salus with scenes of the battle where Bubulcus
gained victory over the Samnites. The temple was destroyed in a fire
during the reign of Emperor Gaius.
 Arellius was an exclusive painter of well-known Roman figures. He was
active in the first century BC before the reign of Augustus

10. The Villa of the Mysteries
 The Villa of the Mysteries (Italian: Villa dei Misteri) is a well-preserved suburban
ancient Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy.
 It is famous for the series of exquisite frescos in one room, which are usually
thought to show the initiation of a young woman into a Greco-Roman mystery
cult.
 It is named after the hall of mysteries located in the residential part of the
building, which faces the sea. A large continuous fresco that covers three walls,
one of the most preserved ancient paintings
 , The Villa of Mysteries is best-known for its brightly-colored red and orange
paintings of life-size figures,
 believed to depict the initiation rights of the cult of Dionysus, the wine god.
 Lasers and ultrasound and thermal imagery were used to analyze the frescoes
and their level of deterioration.

11. Figur5 :The Villa of the Mysteries
 The ancient Romans were practical people.
 The Romans were the first to create arches in the space above two columns,
creating an architectural style that would be mirrored in much of modern
construction.
 Bridges, aqueducts, amphitheatres
 Roman architecture was unlike anything that had come before. The Persians,
Egyptians, Greeks and Etruscans all had monumental architecture
 Ancient Roman art is a very broad topic, spanning almost 1,000 years and
three continents, from Europe into Africa and Asia.

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