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Ancient Rome From Republic to Empire 1000 Years of Art 509 BCE to 330 CE (or later if you through Byzantium into the mix!) Media, Media! Bronze, marble, painting, mosaic, gems, terracotta are all part of Roman art. Rome was as hip then as it is now– a total melting pot. They embraced many stylistic influences but Greece was their true love. Greek Art is to Rome as Chanel Bags are to Canal Street The Roman poet Horace famously said that “Greece, the captive, took her savage victor captive,” meaning that Rome (though it conquered Greece) adapted much of Greece’s cultural and artistic heritage (as well as importing many of its most famous works). Doryphoros Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), Roman copy after an original by the Greek sculptor Polykleitos from c. 450-440 B.C.E., marble, 6'6" (Archaeological Museum, Naples) Copies are cool in Rome The copies, however, were more often variations rather than direct copies, and they had small changes made to them. The variations could be made with humor, taking the serious and somber element of Greek art and turning it on its head. What did Rome look like? Let’s take a tour… Republican Rome Republican Rome was not led by John Boehner (sorry, AP GOV humor snuck in there). A republic is defined as a government where people vote for representatives who serve in an assembly and speak on behalf of the constituents. Not all people in Rome were able to vote. Women and slaves were disenfranchised. During the Republican period, the Romans were governed by annually elected magistrates, the two consuls being the most important among them, and the Senate, which was the ruling body of the state. Eventually the system broke down and civil wars ensued between 100 and 42 B.C.E. The wars were finally brought to an end when Octavian (later called Augustus) defeated Mark Antony in the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.E. Art in Service of the State Military victories depicted in public spaces Hard work, wisdom, leadership as a soldier or member of the community were emphasized in portraiture. Hyper-realism was used to symbolize the amount of effort put into communal goals– patrons were depicted as old, imperfect in terms of features. Dr. Beth– Take it away… Temple of Portunus, (formerly known as, Fortuna Virilis), travertine, tufa, and stucco, c. 120-80 B.C.E., Rome Veristic Portrait, early 1st century B.C.E., marble, life size (Musei Vaticani, Rome) Capitoline Brutus, 4th-3rd century B.C.E., bronze, 69 cm (Capitoline Museums, Rome)