An Introduction to Ancient Roman Art and Architecture: Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Greek and Roman Art

Download An Introduction to Ancient Roman Art and Architecture: Terms and Definitions and more Quizzes Greek and Roman Art in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Phiam DEFINITION 1 Portraits of Romans from EgyptPainted wooden plaques TERM 2 Foundation of Rome DEFINITION 2 April 21, 753 BC TERM 3 Cella/Naos DEFINITION 3 Main room of a temple TERM 4 Kouros DEFINITION 4 Ephebe--Young man TERM 5 Tomb of the diver DEFINITION 5 Paestum, 480-470 BCE4 walls and a lid in the ground covered in paintingsScenes of banqueting this iconography passes to the etruscans TERM 6 Delos DEFINITION 6 port city--167 BCENo taxes to dock a boat TERM 7 House of Posedoniasts DEFINITION 7 Berytus like a hotelGod Pan being aggresive towards aphrodite.She's about to slap him with a slipperSexual iconography for traveling sailors TERM 8 General Mummius DEFINITION 8 Not interested in the cultureDestroyed corinthSold statues from corinth cheap in Rome, didn't know the value.. TERM 9 Pseudo-Athlete DEFINITION 9 DelosHead of an older man and body of a young athleteCombining stylesVeristic Portraits TERM 10 Mosaic of the Nile Landscape DEFINITION 10 Praesneste1 cent BCEFascinated with the exoticbizarre mixture of architecture and cultures TERM 21 Forum Holitaium DEFINITION 21 Vegetable market TERM 22 Forum Romanum DEFINITION 22 The Roman Forum is a small, rectanglar forum (plaza) surrounded by government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. TERM 23 Temple Portunus DEFINITION 23 75 BCEhybrid of etruscan and greekIonic temple (fluted columns)-etruscan with engaged columns-greek aspectFortuna Virilis- fortune of man TERM 24 Temple of Hercules Victor DEFINITION 24 Mid 2nd century BCEor temple of vesta is an edifice located in the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome.Round Building=tholosearliest building made of imported marblein corinthian order-looks taller and flowery More greek looking TERM 25 Temple of Vesta DEFINITION 25 Tivoli early 1st centurymarble round building in corinthian ordercontinuous freeze of bucrania=bull skulls and garland TERM 26 Market Hall DEFINITION 26 100 BCEexample of vaulted ceilings underground TERM 27 Mortar DEFINITION 27 bonding material= lime, sand and waterby using Pozzolana (volcanic ash) it could set underwater TERM 28 Cement DEFINITION 28 aggregate of mortar and rubble TERM 29 Concrete DEFINITION 29 includes rubble fill and facing TERM 30 Opus Incertum DEFINITION 30 Roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed uncut stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a core of cement TERM 31 Opus Recticulatum DEFINITION 31 Diamond cut stone facings TERM 32 Opus Testaceum DEFINITION 32 Brick pattern facings TERM 33 Sanctuary of Hercules DEFINITION 33 Tivoli50 BCETheatre temple flat platform vaulted underneath TERM 34 Temple of Fortuna Primigeneia DEFINITION 34 Praeneste end of 2nd Century BCETheatre temple on crack7 layersnever know where you will end upvaulted underneathmany different paths to take to same place TERM 35 Ostia DEFINITION 35 Port City of Romeset up in a very organized fashiontwo main roads- Cardo and DecumanusOriginal city based off of military temp camps