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How Did Greek Art Influence Roman Art

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The Romans were impacted by the cultures of the people that they conquered. They borrowed from other cultures especially from the Greeks who are thought to have civilized the Romans. Therefore, the Greek art influenced the ancient Roman art more so because after conquering Greece, lots of Greek artists were brought to Rome to make sculptures and paintings for them in Greek fashion (Kamm A, 2009). Obvious differences between the purpose of the sculptures and paintings existed and inter alia were the following:
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- Roman sculpture portrayed daily life in Rome hence the sculptures often were styled as statues, busts, engravings and also sarcophagi.
- The Romans fully embraced and explored the art of sculpture as a form of ‘worship and reverence to their gods; emperors and heroes, including distinguished departed relations mostly of the aristocratic class. These busts or wax masks made in remembrance of the dead would be displayed in homes …show more content…

This was for political emphasis and purpose capturing in detail the key campaigns of the emperor or images of enslaved barbarians reinforcing a victory and superiority message of the emperor to the people.
- The sculptures were made in near real person emotion or expression capturing shade and effects of light for greater realism hence they were quite spectacular-looking in appearance. (Portrait Statues, 2001)
- They quite often reflected the fashion and lifestyles that were predominant in the era they were made. Most of these would be engraved on coins depicting what the famous looked like by their portrait on the coin. Roman coins were an important means of propaganda that celebrated the lives of emperors and generals.
- When emperors began to claim to be deity like the Greeks, idealized statues of them were made often with an authoritative stance such as a raised arm

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