The document provides an overview of key topics and figures from Ancient Roman art history for the upcoming take-home exam. It lists important terms like Romulus and Remus, Aeneas, Julius Caesar, and Augustus. Students are not required to meet in class and instead have a take-home exam and assignment on Dia de los Muertos. The exam will cover topics like Augustus' propaganda through the Prima Porta and Ara Pacis sculptures, and Vespasian's decision to depict himself veristically when constructing the Flavian Amphitheater, also known as the Colosseum.

1. Ancient Art History Survey, Week 10
NOTE: WE ARE NOT MEETING IN CLASS NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE OUR TAKE
HOME EXAM, AND OUR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ASSIGNMENT FOR OUTSIDE
OF CLASS. I WILL EXPLAN THIS ALL IN CLASS AND ALSO SEND OUT AN
EMAIL—THE EXAM IS INTENDED AS AN ALL-ESSAY TAKE HOME EXAM
ON WHICH YOU CAN USE YOUR NOTES AND BOOK. I WILL PASS OUT A
COPY OF THE EXAM TONIGHT AND ALSO POST A COPY ON BLACKBOARD.
Romulus and Remus, Rome, Aeneas, Roman Republic, veristic (topographical), death
masks, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Battle of Actium, Augustus, Julio-Claudian, Livia, Prima
Porta, adlocutio, Aeneas, cuirass, Parthians, standards, cornucopia, Ara Pacis, Campus
Martius, Tellus, Marcus Agrippa, Tiberius, cameo, trophy, Nero, Domus Aurea, trompe
l'oeil, First through Fourth Styles (painting), Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius,
Vespasian, Flavian, Flavian Ampitheater, Colosseum, arch construction, voussiors,
keystone, buttress, arcade, vault, triumphal arch/column, Titus, Domitian, Nerva
Possible essay questions:
--Discuss the propagandistic messages of the Augustus from Prima Porta and the Ara
Pacis.
--Discuss images of Vespasian—why did he choose to be depicted in a veristic style?
What was the “Flavian Ampitheater,” what were his motivations in constructing it, and
how did it utilize the principles of arch construction?
Images:
Augustus (from Prima Porta), c.20 BC, p. 174
Ara Pacis, 13-9 BC, p. 176
Vespasian, c.75 AD, p. 181
Colosseum, 70-80 AD, p. 180