Download Ancient Roman Art History Review Sheet

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