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Final exam in two weeks. Papers also due in two weeks, with exam review in the second half of the last class. Key terms include Tiberius, cameo, trophy, Nero, Domus Aurea, trompe l'oeil, painting styles, Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, Vespasian, Flavian, Colosseum, arch construction, and more. Possible essay questions discuss Vespasian's self-representation and the construction of the Colosseum, or how early Christian art borrowed forms and gave them new meanings through attributes of saints. Example artworks provided are the Colosseum, Pantheon, Arch of Constantine,
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The document provides an overview of key terms and concepts from an art history class through a series of slides depicting important works of art from the Ancient Roman World through the Early Middle Ages in Europe. The slides cover topics like portraiture styles, major buildings like the Colosseum and Pantheon, large sculptures of emperors and tetrarchs, the interplay between art and religion depicted in catacomb frescoes and early churches, and illuminated manuscripts from the Insular art tradition.
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The document summarizes key artworks from ancient Rome including:
- The Ara Pacis altar which depicted actual individuals and combined portraiture and allegory.
- The Pantheon with its dome structure and oculus that gives a sense of rising up.
- The Colosseum which could hold 55,000 spectators and used different architectural orders on each level.
- Trajan's Column with its continuous narrative of Trajan's Dacian campaign shown through small figures.
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