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Details Title: Roman Art Description: Roman Art Total Flash Cards: 9 Created: 12/07/2005 18:30:54	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Portrait of Marcus Aurelius Definition 170 AD Heavy drilled locks, and beards, heavy upper eyelid and sad expression. Term Portrait of Lucius Verus Definition 160-9 Resembles MA, although they were not actually brothers, empty expression, long narrow face, delicate, curls overwhelm face. Term Full-length naked portrait of Lucius Verus Definition 160-9 Shown as athlete or hero. Recalls Greek portraiture. Grand gesture with hand. Term Painted portrait of a young man Definition 160-170 From Egypt. Wood boards were painted with the head of the deceased. Board was placed on the mummy and wrapped in linen cloth to leave the painted face showing. Careful observation of personal feature. Term Marcus Aurelius on Horseback Definition 164-6 Thought to picture Constantine, naturalistic head, reveals the sensitive personality through careful modeling of the face. Gilded, one hand extended as he addresses the crowd. Large, nobel horse. Term Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Definition Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 161 Emperor and wife riding on Jupiter, Personification of figures, the emperor and his wife are small. Classical scene. Term Military review Definition Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 161 Part of the funerary exercise?, horses are riding in a circle around the infantrymen, short and stubby characters, sharp contrast to classical proportions. Term Submission to the barbarians to Marcus Aurelius Definition 176-182 Relief from a triumphal arch, emperor on horseback, other military figure around, pose is similar to bronze ES. Enemies shown kneeling, Term Column of Marcus Aurelius Definition Rome, 180-192 The Miracle of the rain Rain god, identifies place, growing mysticism of Roman people, because the emphasis on miraculous salvation. The emperor addresses his troops (8.29) Masterful treatment of space, frontal, side, and back views, but emphasis on frontal view on the emperor. One step closer to the increasing use of fronatlity in Roman art. Bust of Commodus as Hercules, 190 (8.40) Resembles MA, textures of animal skins contrasts with skin. Megalomania!