Download Theater - Mrs Dado

By: Kate & Avery
• The Romans adopted the
alphabet from the Etruscans
• The alphabet is used in many
different languages, Latin,
German, Spanish, French and
Portuguese
• The Roman numeric system
uses The Latin alphabet to
signify values
• Theater was a popular form of
entertainment in ancient Rome
• Theaters were built in the shape
of the letter D, With awnings
protected people from the sun
• People would spend all day
watching dramas, comedies and
mimes.
• For Music recitals and poetry
readings they would go into
smaller theaters called odeums
• The Roman poet Virgil
composed massive epics such
as Adenoid
• Famous Roman poets are,
Lucretius, Catullus, Horace,
Ovid and Martial
• Roman poetry borrowed the
style of the Greeks
• Music was customary at
funerals, and the Tiba
• The kithara, is like the guitar
of ancient Rome, it was
played in both popular and
serious music
• The music of ancient Rome
was a part of Roman culture
from earliest times
• Sculpture was considered
the highest form of art by
Romans.
• The study of ancient Roman
sculpture is complicated
because of its relation to
Greek sculpture.
• Many examples of even
the most famous Greek
sculptures, are known only
from Roman Imperial or
Hellenistic "copies."
• The strengths of Roman
sculpture are in portraiture,
, they were less concerned
with the ideal than the
Greeks or Egyptians, and
produced many very
characterful works, and in
narrative relief scenes.
• The Romans painted directly
on the walls of their rooms,
and also on portable panels.
• wall paintings, we can even
see imitations of portable
paintings , these are
paintings of paintings.
Domestic interiors were
claustrophobic, windowless
and dark, so the Romans
used paintings as decoration
to visually open up and
lighten their living spaces.
• A wall would be prepared
with the application of 1-3
coats of mortar (lime and
sand) followed with 1-3 coats
of lime mixed with
powdered marble, colored
pigments were applied while
the wall was still damp.
Sometimes tempera and
liquid wax were added after
the wall had dried.
• What are 2 famous poets?
• What was the name of the Roman guitar
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