ART HISTORY

ROMAN

MA. CRESILDA KAE T. UNGRIA (MFL-01)

HANNAH ESPOSO (MMA-01)
I. Content

The Romans originated in central Italy,

influenced by other local Italian cultures,
notably those of Etruria, but from the 5th
century they came into contact with the
Greeks and from then onwards,
the Roman republic absorbed many aspects of
first Classical and then Hellenistic art.

The Roman Republic was established around

500 BCE. This civilization eventually
transformed into one of Western Europe’s
mightiest empires. Since they had expanded
and covered many territories, they
interacted with neighboring civilizationsm particularly with the
Greeks.

II. Characteristics

Roman sculpture may be divided into

four main categories: historical
reliefs; portrait busts and
statues, including equestrian
statues; funerary reliefs,
sarcophagi or tomb sculpture; and
copies of ancient Greek
works. Another important
characteristic of Rome's plastic
art was its realism. The highly detailed reliefs on Trajan's
Column and the Column of Marcus Aurelius, for instance, are
perfect illustrations of this focus on accurate representation,
and have been important sources of information for scholars on
many aspects of the Roman Legion, its equipment and battle
tactics.
III. Artist and Artwork

Farnese Hercules by Glykon von Athen

The Farnese Hercules, probably an enlarged

copy made in the early 3rd century AD and
signed by a certain Glykon, from an original
by Lysippos(or one of his circle) that would
have been made in the 4th century BC; The copy
was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome
(dedicated in 216 AD), where it was recovered
in 1546

The death of Caesar (Jean-Léon Gérôme)

The Death of Caesar (French: La Mort de

César) is an 1867 painting by the French
artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. It depicts the
moment after the assassination of Julius
Caesar, when the jubilant conspirators are
walking away from Caesar's dead body at
the Theatre of Pompey, on the Ides of
March (March 15), 44 BC. The painting is
kept at the Walters Art
Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

Marcus Curtius jumps into the Abyss (Luca

Cambiaso)

Marcus Curtius is a mythological young Roman who

offered himself to the gods of Hades. He is
mentioned shortly by Varro and at length by
Livius. He is the legendary namesake of the Lacus
Curtius in the Roman Forum, the site of his
supposed sacrifice.