GREEK VS ROMAN FINE ART / GRAPHIC DESIGN HIS 1200 FOO YI SHYAN J22038384
TOPIC OUTLINE Refrences INTRODUCTION CHARACTERISTIC OF ROMAN ART CHARACTERISTIC OF GREEK ART SIMILARITIES AND DIFFRENCES What is greek art What is roman art Archaic period Classical period Hellenistic period Republican Rome Imperial Rome Art Sculptures poterry Architecture Pg 1-2 Pg3-4 Pg5-6 SUMARRY Pg7-9 ] ] ] ] ] Pg10
What is greek art?
TheAncientGreeksbecame knownfortheirperfection inart.Duringtheclassical eratheydevelopedtheir ownstylethathistorians wouldlatercalltheSevere Style. ToaddontothatThe artsreflectthesocietythat createsthem.Nowhereis thistruerthaninthecaseof theancientGreeks. Throughtheirtemples, sculpture,andpottery,the Greeksincorporateda fundamentalprincipleof theirculture:'arete'.Tothe Greeks'arete'meant excellenceandreaching one'sfullpotential. AncientGreekart emphasizedtheimportance andaccomplishmentsof humanbeings.Eventhough muchofGreekartwas meanttohonorthegods, thoseverygodswere createdintheimageof humans. 1
Rome’sartandculturewasinfluencedbythosetheyconquered throughouttheirempire.MuchofRomanculturewasbasedonthe Greeks,butastheygrewtheybegantodeveloptheirown.Roman culturecanbeseenintheirart,literature,andthearchitecturalhistory wheretheyconductedsportsandgamessuchasriding,fencing, wrestling,throwing,andswimmingtoentertaintheircitizens. What is roman art ? Ontheotherhand,RomanarthadawiderangeofmediumssuchasCoin art,finejewelry,metalwork,perspectivedrawingandsculpturewas heavilyinfluencedbytheGreeksandwereoftencopies.Homes,villas, andpublicbuildingsweredecoratedwithsculpturesandwallspainted withscenesfromeverydaylife.WealthyRomansusedimagesof themselvesortheirancestors.
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ARCHIAC PERIOD TheGreeksfromthe ArchaicPeriodmade uresofmen Kouroiand calledKorai. statueshad featuresand stoodstifflywiththeir armsattheirsides. CHARACTERISTICS OF GREEK ART classicalartisrenowned foritsharmony,balance andsenseofproportion. Initspaintingand sculpture,itemploys idealizedfiguresand shapes,andtreatsits subjectsinanonanecdotaland emotionallyneutral manner. CLASSICAL PERIOD Thiswasanerathat sawameteoricrisein thepopularityof variousformsofart.A ngnumberof citizensofthe rebeganto ciateart,and nbeganto sionreplicasof originalGreekstatues. HELLENISTICS PERIOD 3
hellenistics period Alexandros Between 150 125 BC Venus de Milo [parian marble] Louvre museum, paris classical period Albrecht Dürer 1504 Adam and Eve [Oil Paint, Panel painting] The Metroolitan Museum of Art, New York. archiac period Kritios After 480 BC Kritios Boy [Marble from Paros] the Acropolis Museum, Athens Artwork from each period 4
characteristics of roman art
republican rome
In the Republican period, art was produced in the service of the state, depicting public sacrifices or celebrating victorious military campaigns Patrons chose to have themselves represented with balding heads, large noses, and extra wrinkles, demonstrating that they had spent their lives working for the Republic as model citizens, flaunting their acquired wisdom with each furrow of the brow.
Villa of the Mysteries wall painting
Did you know ?
Accordingtolegend,Romewas foundedin753BCbyRomulusand Remus,whowereraisedbyashe-wolf.
imperial rome
locatedintheresidentialpartofthe building,whichfacesthesea.Alarge continuousfrescothatcoversthreewalls, oneofthemostpreservedancient paintings,depictsamysteriousrite,thatis reservedforthedevoteesofthecult.
What is imperial Rome known for?
Imperial art often hearkened back to the Classical art of the past when used in reference to Roman art refers broadly to the influences of Greek art from the Classical and Hellenistic period Classicizing elements include the smooth lines, elegant drapery, idealized nude bodies, highly naturalistic forms and balanced proportions that the Greeks had perfected over centuries of practice.
The Augustan Portland Vase TheAugustanPortlandVaseisthe masterpieceofRomancameoglass,and imitatedthestyleofthelargeengravedgems (BlacasCameo,GemmaAugustea,Great CameoofFrance)andotherhardstonecarvings thatwerealsomostpopulararoundthistime
Itisnamedafterthehallofmysteries
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republican rome imperial rome unknown 30 Bc Grave relief of Publius Aiedius and Aiediat [white marble] Pergamonmuseum/Antikensammlung, Berlin, Germany Commodus between 176 192 Ce Column of Marcus Aurelius [white carrara marble] P.za Colonna, 00186 Roma RM, Italy Artwork from each period 6 AlexanderMosaicisaromanfloormosaic developedaround100BC.Thispainting depictsabattlebetweenAlexanderthe GreatandDariusIIIofPersia.Itcanbe viewedattheNationalArchaeological MuseuminNaples. LycurgusCupisa4thcenturyroman glasscagecupwhichdepictsdifferent colorsofwhetherlightpassesthrough itornot.Thecupismadeofdichroic glass.Itistheonlyromanglassobject whichismadeupofthedichroicglass. Dichroic glass is glass which can display multiple different colors depending on lighting conditions. Appreciation corner for some famous art pieces Lycurgus Cup Alexander Mosaic is a roman floor mosaic
similarities and diffrences
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Painting Materials and Methods
AncientGreekartistsmorefocuson individualismandidealism, whereasancientRomanartists morefocusonrealismand highlightingthespiritsoftheir rulers Paintings G R E E K
M A N SandroBotticelli 1483 Venus and Mars [Tempera] Thenationalgallery, London Jeanbroc 1800 The School of Apelles[oiloncanvas] MuséeduLouvre,Paris Romanpaintingsweredirectlyderived fromearlierGreekantiquity.Greek'swere incorporatedintoRomanculture.Mostof Romanartworkisacopiedversionofthe Greek's. Eventually,Romansformedtheirown interpretationofartwork.Mosaic paintingsandportraiture'sareRoman artworkcharacteristics. : 7 In Roman painting there are four styles observed:
Onwallsthemethodsofpaintingweretemperaandfresco;on woodandmarble,temperaandencaustic-atechniqueinwhich thecoloursweremixedwithwax,appliedtothesurfaceand then`burntin'withared-hotrod. Inlay.(Imitatesthedecorationof marbles) Architectural.(Imitatestheliningand architecture) Mixedorornamental.(Itisamixtureof theprevioustwo) Illusionistorstaged.(Reloadedamixof thesecondwiththethirdstyle)
Greeksweredrivenbythenotionof perfectionandwasreflectedinthewaythe constructedsculptures. Sculpturesportrayanidealizedperfection andweregreatlyconcernedwithpoiseand proportions. Romanswereinterestedinconveyingthe idealrealismthroughnaturallooking sculpture's. G R E E K POTTERY sculptures/poterry R O M A N Polykleitos 430BC The Diadoumenos [Whitemarble] Thebritishmuseum,london Unknown 20BC Augustus of Prima Porta [Whitemarble] VaticanMuseums,Vaticancity similarities and diffrences : 8 R O M A N
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similarities and diffrences
The Parthenon and Pantheon are good examples about the distinction between Greek and Roman Architecture.
9 Architecture Greekparthenon
: Roman architecture was significantly influenced from the Greeks but eventually reformed their architecture into a distinct identity. Greekbuildingswere usuallyconstructed withmarbleand granitematerials,while Romansusedconcrete andbrick. Rome: Colosseum Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini There a five different orders or styles of columns. The first three orders, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, are the three principal architectural orders of ancient architecture. They were developed in ancient Greece but also used extensively in Rome. The final two, TuscanandComposite,weredevelopedinancientRome. Types of Greek & Roman columns style WhereastheGreeksfavoredmarble,theRomansinventedconcrete,andtheyreliedonthiskeybuildingmaterialinmuch oftheirarchitecture.Romansalsoemphasizedcircularformsandmadeextensiveuseofthearch,vault,anddomeintheir buildingprojects,unlikethepost and lintelstructureofGreekbuildings
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