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Ancient Roman Art History Review Sheet Vocabulary: - Mosaic - Ludi - Amphitheater - Etruscan - Arch Roman Culture & Inventions: - The rich lived on the bottom floor of apartment blocks and the poor lived towards the top. - The last block to be inserted in a Roman arch was the keystone. - A metal tool called a strigil was used to scrape dirt and oil from the Romans. - The Romans were the first to use the arch in large-scale architecture - The Roman empire lasted from 753BC to 476AD - Their government was extremely organized. - The Romans invented concrete. - The Romans invented aqueducts, arches, roads, public baths and sewers, concrete & apartment blocks. - We know about Roman artwork and culture from the city of Pompeii which was buried in 79AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Architecture: - Know the types of Roman architecture – Forums, Basilicas, Baths, Markets, Amphitheaters, Theatres, Triumphal Arches, Villas, Temples, Roads, Forts and Stockades, Towns, Aqueducts - The Circus Maximus held 250,000 people - The Coliseum was built in 80AD - Arena is a Latin word for sand which was used to soak up the blood of the combatants. - If the loser of a Gladiator fight wanted to live, the emperor had to give him a thumbs up. Artwork: - Romans used a tree trunk to balance figures - A fresco is a wall painting made to look like marble which is paint applied to wet plaster. - Around 200AD, the Romans warred with the Germans which gave them a bloodlust and their art became much more brutal. - Roman art really began around 500BC with the beginning of the Roman Republic - The Romans made a lot of portraits to keep the ghost happy after it departed or it would haunt you. Know how to answer: - How art is related to architecture - The reasons why Roman realism was more or less successful than the pursuit of Greek perfection - The advantages of roads in Ancient Rome - Why realism declined with the rise of Christianity - How Roman culture influences us today