How Did Greek Art And Culture Influence Roman Culture

Thesis: The Greek influence of outstanding culture, gods, and their beautiful art to the Romans’ they took this inspiration on to their own creation. Both ancient build devotion to their gods they would bring the most precious things to them temples, however, they would focus on making large empire to rule and to take control of their city-states.

The Fourth and Fifth centuries brought the Classical Art period to Greece. This was a very significant period for Greek art. Before this time, art lacked dimension and intensity, but the onset of the classical period brought with it influential architecture, vase paintings and sculptures, giving life to its subjects. Many modern day artists draw their creative influence from the classical art period.

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? '.

Romans borrowed Greek gods and myths, the Greek alphabet, Greek literature, and Greek architecture and incorporated them into Roman culture.

The first part of culture that the Romans adopted was the Greek art. Scores of Greek paintings were stolen from Greece and imported into the Roman Empire. Roman artists began adopting the Greek style of art, from the emotional intensity to the great detail. “In many cases, it is very difficult to distinguish between Hellenistic

Romen people? Art Romans loved everything that Greeks did and admired them especially for their art. We can see that lots of their paintings and tiles looked like Greek art. there sculptures also wore Greek clothing and fashion. Not just the Greeks formed Roman art but they also had inspiration from the ancient Egyptians and different parts of Rome had different

Other civilizations are not as prominent as the Roman one, and one of those reasons is that the elements of art of these people were not as well preserved as the ones of the Romans. This particular painting shows a landscape and one can see that the painters were well versed in their art. There is depth and a marriage of nature and human architecture that shows conflict and harmony at the same time. It is a compliment to the Roman artists that the painting on the wall is in such a good condition.

Although the Romans basically descended from the Greek culture, it is clear that the civilizations did not share similar worldviews. One instance of this is the art of the Romans. In Greece, they created several artworks that depicted the myths in which they believed. However, in Rome, their art told the stories of generals and citizens. Also, seen in the Roman artwork is how real the figures seem, a type of realism that is also applied to their philosophy.

During the expansion of Rome the citizens of Greek greatly impacted the Roman culture. This particular Culture was based on entertainment, and the importance of celebration. They entertain themselves by watching plays, circuses and fighting. The Romans were very talented architects (Whittaker, 1). The culture of Rome has many values and tradition like no other, and they all came from Greek (Whittaker, 1). This shows the roots of Rome mostly came from Greek, the Greek also had an impact on the Romans culture. They created the kind of people the Romans are today and the activities they take

The Ancient Greek statues, sculptures, and columns were unique because they had their own styles and the architectures knew how to build them. Of course, the Romans learned from the Greek architectures and borrowed their architectural styles. In portraying their gods, the Greeks had been influenced by their ideas of form and beauty. The “Roman sculptors were greatly influenced by the Greeks,” (Scholastic.com) although “the Romans showed their skill and originality in their portraits”

Both the Greeks and Romans admired Alexander the Great. The Greeks had busts and portraits of Alexander. The Romans also very much so revered Alexander and his military success and had many literature symbols of him. As Greek art changed over time due to the political progression, there was a similar highlight of ruler’s power that was evident in Roman art. This is similar to in class, how we saw that often the leaders were represented in art to be related to gods and god like to give their presence even more power.

While the publication did not provide a singular reason as to why Romans adopted Greek style, it did discuss several possible reasons. It could have been because when works were brought to Rome from Greece, that they were displayed in conspicuous areas, where large numbers of people from various social classes noticed them. Or it could have been because Greek art gained notoriety through their association with famous donors. Or even due to the role Greek art played in Roman religious life. Regardless, the book argued, when a work becomes familiar, it will be reproduced again and again.

The roman art was strongly influenced by her neighbor Greece in all aspects including their sculptures and paintings; however, by the roman civilization growing older, their art and culture also had differed from Greece.

Ancient Rome’s culture has existed throughout the almost 1200- year history of the civilization of Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome adapted most of their culture from their neighbors the Greeks and Etruscans. Ancient Rome culture has been affecting our modern world from colosseums and satre, for entertainment, to the name of Roman gods, for constellations. In Ancient Rome their entertainment included gladiator fighting and Roman Theater. Ancient Rome’s arts were greatly influenced on the art Ancient Greece. Sculpture played an important role on Roman daily life; they would symbol honor, power, and wealth. Homes of the Roman people were often filled with paintings called (frescos) which were directly painted on walls. Most of Ancient Rome’s culture and Arts has affected our modern world and daily life.

Despite external threats, it would retain its leading cultural role for the next few centuries. Indeed, during the fifth century BCE, Athens witnessed a creative resurgence which would not only dominate future Roman art, but when rediscovered by Renaissance Europe 2,000 years later, would constitute an absolute artistic standard for another four centuries. All this despite the fact that most Greek paintings and sculptures have been destroyed. There are not many classical statues or sculptures that are in one piece or survive today. A lot of the stone statues were easily broken. Earlier statues of people had looked awkward and fake, but by the classical period they looked natural, almost at ease. They even had realistic looking facial expressions. The classical period was a very destructive period because of the art. During the Greek and the Roman times the Romans destroyed a lot of the Greeks arts work to establish control. After the Romans destroyed the Greeks arts they celebrated their military victories. The Romans did not care about the Greeks art, it was not in their priority or concern the only concern they had was the survival and their military