Chapter 6:
Etruscan and Roman Art
• TERMS: atrium, Tuscan Order, Composite
Order, cista(e), verism, engaged columns,
mausoleum, forum, dado, intuitive
perspective, round arch, keystone,
voussoirs, arcade, barrel vault, groin vault,
drillwork, basilica, nave, apse, rotunda,
oculus, coffer, cremation, inhumation
Map 6-1
Timeline of Culture:
Etruscans
*Culture and Period same for Etruscan Art
• The Etruscans: 600-250 BCE
6-2
Culture: Etruscan
Period/Style: Etruscan
Title: Porta Augusta
Medium: Stone and brick
Date: 600-250 BCE
Location: Perugia, Italy
6-3 and 6-4
Culture: Etruscan
Period/Style: Etruscan
Title: Model and Plan of Etruscan Temple
Medium: Mudbrick, wood, and tufa
Date: 600-250 BCE
6-5
Culture: Etruscan
Period/Style: Etruscan
Artist: Sculptor Vulca
Title: Apollo from Temple of Minerva
Medium: Painted terra cotta
Date: 600-250 BCE
Location: Veii, Italy
6-7
Culture: Etruscan
Period/Style: Etruscan
Title: Dancers and Diners in the Tomb of the Triclinium
Medium: Tufa and fresco
Date: 600-250 BCE
Location: Tarquinia, Italy
6-9
Culture: Etruscan
Period/Style: Etruscan
Title: Sarcophagus
Medium: Terra cotta
Date: 600-250 BCE
6-11
Culture: Etruscan
Period/Style: Etruscan
Artist: Novios Plautios
Title: Ficoroni Cista
Medium: Bronze
Date: 600-250 BCE
Timeline of Culture:
Ancient Rome
Periods:
• The Republic: 509-27 BCE
• The Empire (Imperial Period): 27 BCE-395 CE
Portrait Head of an Elder. c.
80 .
BCE
6-13
Culture: Roman
Period: Republican
Title: Portrait Head of an Elder
Medium: Marble
Date: 509-27 BCE
6-14
Culture: Roman
Period: Republican
Title: Aulus Metellus (The Orator)
Medium: Bronze
Date: 509-27 BCE
p. 172
Culture: Roman
Period: Republican
Title: Pont Du Gard
Medium: Concrete
Date: 509-27 BCE
Location: Nîmes, France
6-16 and 6-17
Culture: Roman
Period: Republican
Title: Temple, perhaps dedicated to Portunus at the Forum Boarium
Medium: Concrete and stone
Date: 509-27 BCE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-15
Culture: Roman
Period: Republican
Title: Denarius with Portrait of Julius Caesar
Medium: Silver
Date: 509-27 BCE
6-18
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Augustus of Primaporta
Medium: Painted marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
p. 176 (A) and 177 (C)
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Altar of Augustan Peace in Campus Martius
Medium: Marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
p. 177 (B)
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Imperial Procession from Altar of Augustan Peace in Campus Martius
Medium: Marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-20 and 6-21
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Reconstruction Drawing and Aerial View
Remains of Pompeii
Medium: Concrete, brick, and stone
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Italy
6-22
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Plan of House of the Silver Wedding
Medium: Concrete, brick, and stone
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Pompeii, Italy
6-23
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Peristyle Garden at the House of The Vettii
Medium: Concrete, brick, stone, and garden
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Pompeii, Italy
6-28
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Initiation Rites of the Cult of Bacchus at the Villa of Mysteries
Medium: Wall painting
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Pompeii, Italy
6-32 and 6-33
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: The Arch of Titus
Medium: Concrete and marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-35
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Ruins and Reconstruction of Flavian Amphitheater
(Colosseum)
Medium: Concrete, brick, and marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-34
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Ruins and Reconstruction of Flavian Amphitheater
(Colosseum)
Medium: Concrete, brick, and marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-39
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Artist: Apollodorus of Damascus
Title: Plan of Trajan's Forum and Market
Medium: Concrete, brick, and stone
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-40
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Artist: Apollodorus of Damascus
Title: Interior of Basilica Ulpia at Trajan’s Forum
Medium: Drawings
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-43 and 6-44
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Column of Trajan & Detail of column showing Romans
Crossing the Danube and Building A Fort
Medium: Marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-42
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Main Hall of Trajan’s Market
Medium: Concrete, brick, and stone
And Reconstruction Drawing
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-45 and 6-48
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Pantheon (left) and Detail of Dome in Interior (right)
Medium: Concrete, brick, and marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-46 and 6-47
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Details of Pantheon
Medium: Concrete, brick, and marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-52
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Medium: Gilded Bronze
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
6-55 and 6-56
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Baths of Caracalla
Medium: Concrete, brick, stone, and gardens
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
Location: Rome, Italy
6-58
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: The Tetrarchs
Medium: Porphyry
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
6-66
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Statue of Constantine The Great
Medium: Marble
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE
6-68
Culture: Roman
Period: Imperial
Title: Priestess of Bacchus,
right panel of the
Diptych of Symmachus
Medium: Ivory
Date: 27 BCE-395 CE