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Roman Sculpture

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March 05, 2013

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.    
  2. 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  
  3. ★Rome is known fundamentally as an urban civilization Model  of

     the  City  of  Imperial  Rome   Mosaic  of  the  Goddess   Roma,  1st-­‐2nd  Century  CE    
  4. Titus    79-­‐81  CE   ✪   Sacked  Jerusalem  in

     79  CE   Domi@an    81-­‐96  CE  
  5. The  Senate  and  the  Roman  People    to  the  Divine

     Titus,  son  of  the  divine   Vespasian  Augustus.  
  6. The Senate granted a triumph, or an event in which

    victorious troops left weapons outside the city and paraded through Rome Winged  Victory   Titus  
  7. 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)  
  8.                    

              City  Entrance  
  9.                    

              City  Entrance  
  10. *Also paraded through the city was the spoils of military

    conquests Menorah   Standard   Standard   Standard             Sacred  Silver  Trumpets  for     Rosh  Hashanah  
  11. 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
  12. Originally,  a  statue  of  Trajan,  but  now  a  statue  of

     St.  Peter,  the  first   Bishop  of  Rome  
  13. Bust  of  Philosopher,  Delphi,   c.  100-­‐200  CE.   6-­‐52,

     Equestrian  Statue  of  Marcus   Aurelius,  Rome,  c.  176  CE.  
  14. 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?