Roman Art Chapter 1 Summary

SHELDON
NODELMAN
 from
 E.
D’Ambra,
ed.,
Roman
Art
in
Context.
NY:
Prentice
Hall.
1993
pp.
10‐20
 Like all works of art. the portrait is a system of signs; it is often an ideogram of “public’ meanings condensed into the image of a human face. Roman portrait sculpture from the Republic through the late Empire-the second century BCE. to the sixth CE -constitutes what is surely the most remarkable body of portrait art ever created. Its shifting montage of abstractions from human appearance and character forms a language in which the history of a whole society can be read. Beginning in the first century B.C., Roman artists invented a new kind of portraiture, as unlike that of the great tradition of Greek

Abstraction is the creation of art without representation of objects, in which the artist has total freedom of the art that they are creating. I will be using three paintings from three different time periods in order to show the development and lasting effects of abstraction in the twentieth century. The first work that I will be looking at is Foghorns by Arthur Dove. I will use this piece to show the beginning of abstraction, and how ideas of abstraction were present before the movement began. The second painting that I will be looking at is Jackson Pollock’s Lucifer. I will be using this painting as an example of the height of abstraction in the 20th century and will be discussing Pollock’s influence on abstraction. The third piece of art I will be looking at is Many Mansion by Kerry James Marshall. I will use this work to show the remnants of Pollock’s influence, and the influence of abstraction in general, on art in the later half of the century. For the development of this paper I looked at two of the course readings. The first reading that I used was The Tradition of the New by Harold Rosenberg. I used this article to show how Foghorns by Arthur Dove relates to abstraction, and to show how ideas in creation of this painting can be linked to ideas of abstract art. The second reading that I used for this paper was The Legacy of Jackson Pollock by Alan Kaprow. I used this article to gain information about

The Romans thought of themselves as a united, simple minded people. They were powerful for many reasons including, their military force and their government system. The ideal Roman citizen was one who held the Roman values, defended themselves and defended the state. The Romans were able to be unified because they were the popular group of that time. They were the state that everyone wanted to have citizenship granted to.

Realism is the artistic attempt to recreate life as it is in the context of an artistic medium. It began as a revolt against the conventions of the classic view of art in the late 1800s in America and Europe in the form of an artistic movement (McConnel, R. 1997). There are many themes involved with realism that shall be discussed. These include accuracy and independence.

Such a well known time in history, it is surprising that not much is known about Roman art. We only know the names of only a few artists, but we can thank the eruption of Pompeii from framing Roman art that inspire even todays painters. Roman art was the start of a movement that would take over the late 1800s: Realism. Roman art includes a vast number of mediums, including paintings and architecture.

The Ancient Greek Era in a whole was a exotic and refreshing time for art and human

Alexander the Great conquered all the known world in 336 B.C. He united all of Greece and built an empire, but he dies 13 years later. The period from 323 B.C. to 31 B.C. is known as the Hellenistic period. The word Hellenistic comes from the word hellenize which means to spread Greek influence. After Alexander’s death, his empire divided into four kingdoms: Syria (the kingdom of the Seleucids), Egypt, Pergamum, and Macedonia.

Art is everywhere; it can vary from a high school classroom to even The Metropolitan Museum. Although this craftsmanship did not originate from Rome, there is still an abundance of history relating to this profession from that city. There are many different types of art, one common type from Rome were frescoes. A fresco is a painting done rapidly on a wall or ceiling with wet plaster. The majority of these frescoes were found in Campania, which is in the region around the Bay of Naples. There are four styles in which Art historians and archaeologists describe the development of Roman paintings.

Having seen the Greek sculptures, I noticed multiple sculptures that resembled both Roman and Greek art to each other. Though Greek art was based on collections of pottery and sculptures, Roman art was laid with mostly statues in the whole exhibit. From full-body to face or just a body statues, I was enchanted by mostly the expressions the sculptures portrayed rather than techniques used to make the statues.

Greek culture began to evolve as people began as people opened themselves to the practice of art. Greek art has been defined by many different historical periods. These historical periods related to a specific style. The geometric period established most of the vases and geometrical sculptures. The archaic period was a time full of more cultural changes and uncertainty. The classical period contained tragedies related to literacy and inscription. The Hellenistic period was developed from the classical artistic attributes. Through each historical period, the purpose of the artwork constantly remains. The purpose of Greek art was to depict the daily life of their culture. This purpose made their art naturalistic. This naturalistic principle of

What will be proven is that America uses multiple stuff still from Rome and Greece. In the first main point it will be about Rome’s and Greece’s law and politics. In the second main point it will be about Greece and Rome’s art. In the third main point it will be about Architecture.

The first Roman art started at 509 BCE. They modified other cultures (especially Greek) and made it into their own. Patrons (people who pay for new art works) often pay money for paintings and sculptures. For example, the wealthy people often decorated at their home with colorful murals and mosaics. This is a good example time for Ancient Rome art because it shows how popular is roman art at that time.

Roman sculpture and painting differed mostly for the fact that the status were used to record major events and also as realistic portrait. As per the paintings, they were used much as decor and to cover walls than anything else.

     "The arts of the western world have been largely dominated by the artistic standards established by the Greeks of the classical period" (Spreloosel 86). It is from the Greek word theatron, meaning a place for sitting, that we get our word theater. According to James Butler, "The Greeks were the first people to erect special structures to bring audiences and theatrical performers together" (27). "The theaters were normally located near a populated area at the bottom of or cut out of a carefully selected, sloping hillside overlooking a seascape, a plain, or a city" (Butler 30). "They eventually with few exceptions consisted of three distinct parts: theatron

The form of art has been around for thousands of years. There has been many different types of art form found from the ancient greece times. These time are the earliest times that are recorded and are placed in museums. These early art forms teaches us a little bit about the human race and how they were back in the roman times. There are some painting and sculptures that represents different people from their time lines. These art form can explain how they were back in their times and with the statues you can see how far they were allowed to do.