Cro-Roman Art's Influence On American Culture

It is easy to say, and prove, that Greek material culture reveals an immense amount about ancient Greek society. From vast studies and examinations of the great ancient Greek architecture, the immaculate fine art and literature and even the personal possessions and crafts of the societies own inhabitants, one can reason that these materials reflect much about ancient Greece and its people.

In order to understand the influence that classical Roman art and architecture had on Christian art and architecture, we need to compare and contrast the Constantinian periods. During the pre-Constantinian period, the Christian churches resembled Roman architecture as services were performed in typical homes. To accommodate the congregation, adjacent walls were torn down to combine two rooms for religious practices to take place. The exterior of the homes were unchanged.

The scope of this report is to investigate how and why the Greeks influenced Roman culture. To achieve this, I will support my discussion with a set of specific examples. Lastly, as I have a personal interest in museum studies, I will briefly answer the question: 'Was it theft? Did the Romans really loot Greek art, and what for? '.

In my opinion one of the most monumental things to happen to the world outside of the United States has to be the renaissance. The reason being is that it shaped to world of art to the sophisticated way it is today. It sculpted Europe into the great country it is today.It was also the same time the bubonic plague happened with infected and killed about 50 million people and changed the religious belief for many people. Maybe you still don't think the death of so many people or the growth of Europe was one of the single most important things to happen out of America but this essay surely will change your mind.

I believe that the Romans made the greatest contributions to modern society and spread Greece’s legacy beyond the Mediterranean. This belief can be seen as I explore how each culture’s aspects of beauty (sculpture), architecture, and military conquest shaped those that followed. The ideals of beauty in

I learned that the earliest form of art began in Africa approximately two million years ago. It was interesting to find out that the work of art was an engraved ochre that had lines as if it was crossed hatches (Page 241). I also found out that other pieces of art were discovered from cave paintings to human like figurines either carved or molded by clay. Egypt had similar views their art was many of humans most higher ranking. Later, Greece began creating work of art that honored an individual’s achievements that consisted of a life-sized, freestanding either nude male or clothed woman. Most of their art involved classical art which meant it restrained emotion (256-257). Then along came the Romans which their art was tied into architecture and the engineering. They created structure such as, The Colosseum and Pantheon these structures both had similar things they had arches and columns yet, the Pantheon had a high

The Roman Republic is famous for many events, people, and histories. In fact, there have been numerous excavations in which a variety of pottery, paintings, mosaics, statues, and coinage have been discovered from the Republic era of Rome. These numerous items have been analyzed and written about for the purpose of identifying their beauty and creation during the time in which they were made. However, there use as and influence as propaganda has not been fully analyzed. While there might be slight hints in artwork created during the republic area, it is not an area on which many historians have addressed in great depth with specific artworks. (explain why they should and how it would help with the greater overall standing of Roman history / Republic)

Catherine McManus 10/9/14 Senior Religion The origin of France dates back to the first evidence of ancestors of humans 2 million year ago. Theses beings were called homo erectus, meaning “to put up” or “set up right”. Cavemen, known as Neanderthals, showed up in about 100,000 BC. Humans as we know them today, however, were not evident in prehistoric France, known as Gaul, until about 40,000 years ago.

Even though the Romans had Greek influences their architecture was unlike anything that had come before it. Through the discovery of concrete, arches and vaulting the Roman’s architecture differed from the Egyptians, Greeks and Persians. The Egyptians, Greeks and Persians all had impressive architecture and were impressive when viewed from the outside. The Romans however began to create wondrous interiors which reflected the roman identity where what a human holds inside them is the most important and what is on the outside is

Art was highly regarded and developed by the Romans who commissioned and patronized works of architecture, music, painting, sculpture and even metalworking and gem engraving. The earliest specimens of Roman art can be dated to the establishment of the Republic in 509BC; with its expansion and subsequent influx of people and ideas in the capital, Rome unabashedly adopted a variety of cultural influences. While Greek influence was especially strong, the Romans blended Etruscan and Egyptian elements. Painting and sculpture were especially appreciated; the first being a two-dimensional form that can have a background to set the mood and help tell the story, while the second being a three-dimensional

Many European cities still bear reminders of the power of ancient Rome, and throughout the western world the influence of Roman power is still manifest. The ingeniousness and beauty of Roman architecture has not been lost on us in the 2000 years since it was built. Even today, we still marvel at what incredible builders the Romans were, and at the sheer scale and integrity of many of their projects. As the Roman Empire expanded Roman architects struggled to achieve two overriding aims: to demonstrate the grandeur and power of Rome, while also improving the life of their fellow citizens. They held the Greeks in high regard for both their sculpture and architecture, learned stonework and pyramid architecture from the Egyptians, and absorbed

Art of the Stone Age, although not an extensively lengthy book, is written to inform, not to entertain. The authors approach the subject with specific, scholarly information. They make use of pictures of cave paintings, analyzing the importance, style, and authenticity of the art. They give detailed information as to what the artists’ peoples were probably like. For example, by analyzing a painting and realizing its Negro-art influences (symbolic and developed animism) as well as Negro masks in the art, one can conclude that the painting was painted by Negro people. Likewise, if cave paintings depicted the hunting and killing of animals, the painters were probably of a hunting people. The authors also discuss how the paintings were created. Some techniques used were engraving the art in cave walls, and painting using paint from dirt mixed with animal fat. Another concept the authors reviewed was how professionals determined the authenticity of the paintings. Some ways of confirming the authenticity of cave art are to make sure the animals depicted in the art corresponds with the animals alive at the time the art is thought to have been painted, checking to see if there are any artistic crafts, such as engraved sculptures of objects, of the same time period and which correspond stylistically with the cave art, and checking the movement and durability of the cave the art was painted

When one thinks of Roman architecture, many things come to mind, such as arches, columns, statues, and richly covered surfaces in marbles. One must stop to think that this empire, which gained power and influence in the first century BC, must have been influenced from the thousands of years of cultures preceding them in order to create their masterpieces of ingenuity. This phenomenon can be seen in our borrowing of ideas of ancient Greece and Rome for the construction of our capitol buildings in the United States. The Romans surely considered design principles of other cultures when developing their buildings, since daily conquests of new lands opened Roman soldiers’ eyes to innovations from the great vastness of their empire. This

Moving forward, about 15,000 years, in 1940, the discovery of a cave, located on a hill overlooking the valley of Vèzére in southwestern France, was made. This cave had minor openings and slender passages that lead to massive rooms with cave walls that were used to make drawing and paint pictures on. The walls were made of “white calcite” (Looney) and media used,

Cave Art has been a popular form of art during prehistoric period with there being records of rock art in a variety of various places ranging from Africa, Asia and Australia to Europe and the Americas. Some of the earliest example of cave art goes back as far as 40,000 years ago in Europe with “200 cave painting sites found in France” (Kelly and Thomas, 2016, p.255) such as the Cave of Niaux, as well as Creswell Crags in England and the Cave of El Castillo in Spain as well as a variety of others. Throughout the world a common imagery is seen in the paintings with them being consisted of animals and very little of actual humans, the reason for this type of imagery is not known hence why the interpretation of upper Palaeolithic cave art has been a disputed topic resulting in a variety of theories being constructed in order to explain the existence of the cave art which were constructed. Over time there has been many theories which have been accepted and rejected, however there has not been one agreed general idea, some of the popular ideas which have been established although are that the paintings were set to establish boundary markers, to be used as part of hunting magic / shamanism or they may have just simply have been art to admire. Yet there has been no certain answer established as each theory seems to be continuously disregarded and soon replaced with another, however as time as gone on people have begun to not try and answer this question as they believe that it is