Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine

by Ramage, Nancy H.; Ramage, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780130278838
• ISBN10: 0130278831
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For freshman/senior-level courses in Roman Art, Etruscan and Roman Art, Greek and Roman Art, The Roman World, Roman Civilization, Roman History. Ideal for students who are studying Roman art for the first time, this exceptionally well-illustrated text explores Roman art in the traditional historical mannerwith a focus on painting, sculpture, architecture, and minor arts. It assumes no prior acquaintance with the classical world, and explains the necessary linguistic, historical, religious, social, and political background needed to fully understand Roman art.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(1)
Preface to the second edition	7	(1)
Preface to the third edition	7	(1)
Introduction	8	(3)
The land	11	(1)
Chronology	11	(1)
The political framework	12	(2)
The Republic	12	(2)
The Empire	14	(1)
Art in the service of the state	14	(3)
Fascism	16	(1)
The Romans' acquisition of art objects	17	(1)
Daily life of the Romans	18	(1)
Archaeological ethics	19	(1)
Restoration and forgery	19	(1)
The history of collecting	19	(1)
Illegal excavation and export of antiquities	20	(1)
Rome and Greek art	20	(4)
Three periods of Greek art	21	(1)
Winckelmann and 18th-century restorations	22	(1)
Interconnections	22	(2)
The Villanovan and Etruscan Forerunners 1000--200 BC	24	(32)
The Villanovans	27	(1)
The Etruscans	28	(2)
Architecture	30	(5)
Tombs	30	(2)
Temples	32	(3)
Domestic buildings	35	(1)
Sculpture	35	(10)
Temple terracottas	35	(2)
Animal sculpture	37	(2)
Funerary sculpture	39	(2)
Statuary	41	(1)
Portraits	42	(3)
Painting	45	(7)
Bronze articles	52	(1)
Rome, the Etruscans, and Latium	53	(1)
Stories of Early Rome	54	(1)
Overview	55	(1)
The Roman Republic 200--27 BC	56	(40)
Architecture	58	(6)
Villas and houses	58	(1)
Sanctuaries	58	(5)
Temples	63	(1)
Waterworks	64	(1)
The Cloaca Maxima	64	(1)
Town planning	65	(6)
The Servian Wall	65	(1)
The Roman Forum	65	(3)
The castrum	68	(3)
Isola Sacra	71	(1)
Sculpture	71	(11)
An early sarcophagus	71	(1)
Unifinished sarcophagi	72	(1)
Historical relief sculpture	73	(4)
Portraiture	77	(5)
Wall paintings	82	(9)
An early tomb	82	(1)
House walls	82	(1)
Four Pompeian styles	82	(9)
Mosaics	91	(4)
Overview	95	(1)
Augustus and the Imperial Idea 27 BC--AD 14	96	(36)
Architecture	99	(8)
The Forum and Mausoleum of Augustus	99	(3)
A round bath building	102	(1)
A temple in Gaul	102	(1)
Theaters	103	(1)
The arch	103	(3)
Monuments along a renovated roadway	106	(1)
A city in Spain	106	(1)
Sculpture	107	(16)
Portraits	107	(5)
Reliefs	112	(11)
Wall paintings	123	(8)
Stucco	131	(1)
Overview	131	(1)
The Julio-Claudians AD 14--68	132	(22)
The Gemma Augustea	134	(1)
Imperial patronage in the provinces	135	(1)
Imperial architecture and sculpture	136	(2)
Portraits	138	(4)
The other Julio-Claudians	138	(2)
Ordinary citizens	140	(2)
Sculpture	142	(4)
Piety	142	(2)
The imperial hero	144	(1)
A mythological tale	145	(1)
Public works	146	(2)
Aqueducts	146	(2)
Architecture	148	(4)
The Underground Basilica	148	(1)
Nero's Golden House	149	(3)
Overview	152	(2)
The Flavians: Savior to Despot AD 69--98	154	(32)
Vespasian	156	(1)
Imperial architecture	156	(9)
The Colosseum	156	(5)
The stadium of Domitian	161	(1)
The Arch of Titus	161	(3)
The Flavian palace	164	(1)
Sculpture	165	(7)
Imperial reliefs	165	(1)
Plebeian reliefs	166	(2)
Portraits	168	(4)
Pompeii and Herculaneum	172	(13)
The city of Pompeii	174	(5)
Paintings in the Fourth Pompeian style	179	(6)
Provincialism in art	185	(1)
Overview	185	(1)
Trajan, Optimus Princeps AD 98--117	186	(20)
The Baths of Trajan	189	(1)
The Forum and Markets of Trajan	189	(3)
The Column of Trajan	192	(7)
Other Trajanic sculptural relief	199	(1)
The Arch of Trajan at Benevento	200	(2)
The provinces	202	(3)
A great bridge	202	(1)
Timgad	202	(3)
Overview	205	(1)
Hadrian and the Classical Revival AD 117--138	206	(28)
Architecture	209	(15)
Hadrian's Villa	209	(4)
The Pantheon	213	(4)
Other Hadrianic buildings	217	(7)
Portraits	224	(2)
Reliefs	226	(2)
Sarcophagi	228	(5)
Attic sarcophagi	228	(3)
Asiatic sarcophagi	231	(2)
Strigil sarcophagi	233	(1)
Overview	233	(1)
The Antonines AD 138--193	234	(24)
The Antonine family	236	(1)
The reign of Antoninus Pius	236	(4)
Portraits	236	(1)
Architecture	237	(1)
Reliefs	238	(2)
The reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus	240	(16)
Portraits	240	(5)
The base of the Column of Antoninus Pius	245	(3)
Panels from a triumphal arch	248	(1)
The Column of Marcus Aurelius	248	(4)
Sarcophagi	252	(4)
The reign of Commodus	256	(1)
Overview	257	(1)
The Severans AD 193--235	258	(26)
The reign of Septimius Severus	260	(18)
Portraits	260	(3)
Triumphal arches	263	(5)
Architecture	268	(10)
The reign of Caracalla	278	(4)
Public baths	278	(1)
Sarcophagi	279	(3)
Overview	282	(2)
The Soldier Emperors AD 235--284	284	(12)
Coins	286	(1)
Portraits	286	(6)
Maximinus Thrax	287	(1)
Balbinus	287	(1)
Philip the Arab	288	(1)
Trebonianus Gallus	288	(2)
A female portrait	290	(1)
Gallienus	290	(2)
Aurelian	292	(1)
The Aurelian Wall	292	(2)
Sarcophagi	294	(1)
Overview	295	(1)
The Tetrarchs AD 284--312	296	(16)
The establishment of the tetrarchy	298	(1)
Architecture in Spalato	298	(2)
Architecture in Rome	300	(2)
Architecture in northern Greece	302	(2)
Mosaics	304	(3)
Portraiture	307	(2)
Decennalia relief	309	(2)
Overview	311	(1)
Constantine AD 307--337 and the Aftermath	312	(24)
Late Antique art	314	(1)
Imperial monuments	314	(6)
The Arch of Constantine	314	(5)
The base of the Obelisk of Theodosius	319	(1)
Portraits	320	(3)
Architecture	323	(3)
A domestic quarter and its paintings	326	(4)
Sarcophagi	330	(1)
Luxury articles	331	(4)
Conclusion	335	(1)
Roman Emperors	336	(1)
Ancient Authors	336	(1)
Glossary	337	(4)
Select Bibliography	341	(4)
Photographic Credits	345	(1)
Index	346