Roman Sculpture

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1. Roman  Imperial  Art:  
   Sculpture  
   Reading:  
   Stokstad,  184-­‐209.  
    
   Range:  
   14-­‐400  CE  
   Roman  Imperial  
    
   Terms/Concepts:  
   spoils,  spolia,  triumphal  arch,  
   schema@c,  apotheosis,  
   con@nuous  narra@ve,  
   clemency,  pax  romana,  
   spandrel,  roundel.  
   Key  Monuments:  
     6-­‐36,  Arch  of  Titus,  Roman  
   Imperial,  c.  81  CE.  
     6-­‐47,  Column  of  Trajan,  Forum  
   of  Trajan,  Roman  Imperial.  
   113-­‐116  or  aKer  117  CE  
     6-­‐57,  Equestrian  Statue  of  
   Marcus  Aurelius,  Roman  
   Imperial,  c.  176  CE.  
     6-­‐62,  The  Tetrarchs.  Roman  
   Imperial.  c.  300  CE.  
     6-­‐65,  Arch  of  Constan@ne.  
   Roman  Imperial.    312-­‐315  CE.    
   

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3. When  Are  We?  
   Etruscans:            c.  800-­‐300  BCE  
   Roman  Republic:        509  BCE  –  27  BCE  
   Augustus:            27  BCE—14  CE  
   Julio-­‐Claudians:        14  CE  –  68  CE  
   Flavians:              69  CE  –  96  CE  
   The  Five  Good  Emperors:      96  CE-­‐  180  CE  
   Severans:            193  CE  –  217  CE  
   Soldier  Emperors:          217  CE  –  284  CE  
   Tetrarchy:              284  CE  –  313  CE  
   Constan@nian:            317  CE  –  364  CE  
   

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4. ★Rome is known fundamentally as an urban civilization
   Model  of  the  City  of  Imperial  Rome  
   Mosaic  of  the  Goddess  
   Roma,  1st-­‐2nd  Century  CE    
   

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5. Titus    79-­‐81  CE  
   ✪  
   Sacked  Jerusalem  in  79  CE  
   Domi@an    81-­‐96  CE  
   

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7. Arch of Titus
   Sacred  Way  
   

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9. *Triumphal  Arch  
   

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10. The  Senate  and  the  Roman  People  
     to  the  Divine  Titus,  son  of  the  divine  
    Vespasian  Augustus.  
    

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14. The Senate granted a triumph, or an event in which victorious troops left
    weapons outside the city and paraded through Rome
    Winged  Victory  
    Titus  
    

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15. Laurel  Wreath  
    

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16. Oratory  Gesture  
    6-­‐19,  Augustus  of  Primaporta,  c.  19  CE  
    

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17. The Senate granted a triumph, or an event in which victorious troops left
    weapons outside the city and paraded through Rome
    Virtus/Roma   Honos  (Honor)  
    

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    City  Entrance  
    

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    City  Entrance  
    

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20. *Also paraded through the city was the spoils of military conquests
    Menorah  
    Standard  
    Standard  
    Standard  
     
     
     
     
     
    Sacred  Silver  Trumpets  for    
    Rosh  Hashanah  
    

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21. Spoils  of  War  
    

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22. Apotheosis  
    of  Titus  
    

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23. Eagle  =  Jupiter  
    

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24. Trajan    98-­‐117  CE  
    Dacia  
    

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25. Column  of  Trajan  
    

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26. Approx.  130  feet  tall  
    

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27. Danube River River God (typically a
    reclining and perhaps
    monumental figure)
    

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28. River God (typically a
    reclining and perhaps
    monumental figure)
    

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30. Trajan
    

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31. 6-48, Column of Trajan. Forum of Trajan.
    113-116 or after 117 CE.
    6-19, Augustus of Primaporta.
    Copy of a bronze original of c.20
    BCE.
    Trajan
    

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32. Dacian  
     
     
     
    Roman  
    Roman    Parthian  
    

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33. Originally,  a  statue  of  Trajan,  but  now  a  statue  of  St.  Peter,  the  first  
    Bishop  of  Rome  
    

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34. Marcus  Aurelius    161-­‐180  BCE  
    

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35. Possible  Loca@on  of  
    the  Equestrian  Statue  
    

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38. 6-­‐52,  Equestrian  Statue  of  
    Marcus  Aurelius,  Rome,  c.  
    176  CE.  
    

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39. Vanquished
    enemy
    

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40. 6-­‐52,  Equestrian  Statue  of  Marcus  Aurelius,  Rome,  c.  
    176  CE.  
    

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41. Vanquished
    enemy
    

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42. Bust  of  Philosopher,  Delphi,  
    c.  100-­‐200  CE.  
    6-­‐52,  Equestrian  Statue  of  Marcus  
    Aurelius,  Rome,  c.  176  CE.  
    

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43. Caracalla  and  the  3rd  Century  Crisis  
    Caracalla  c. 211-217 CE
    “Soldier  Emperors”  
    

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45. Schema@c  
    

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50. ConstanPne  the  Great    307-­‐337  CE  
    

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51. Arch  of  ConstanPne  
    

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53. Arch of Titus. Rome. c.81 CE.
    

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54. Trajan  
    Hadrian   Hadrian  
    Marcus  Aurelius  
    

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56. Hadrian  
    

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57. Hadrian  
    

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59. Triumphal arch Triumphal arch
    Constantine
    

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60. Constantine
    

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61. Constantine
    Marcus Aurelius Hadrian
    

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63. Cri@cal  Thinking  Ques@ons  
    1.  How  are  gestures  important  to  the  
    communica@on  of  emperorship  in  Imperial  
    Rome?  
    2.  What  is  a  triumph?    What  are  some  essen@al  
    aspects  of  a  triumph  scene?  
    3.  What  are  some  of  the  important  shiKs  in  the  
    grooming  of  emperors?    How  does  this  indicate  
    a  different  concep@on  of  rulership?  
    4.  What  is  spolia?    To  what  effect  has  it  been  used  
    in  imperial  poli@cal  art?  
    

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