Classics
AS 90514 – “Beyond the Façade – Roman Art and Architecture”
Task 1
The category I have chosen is ‘Public Monuments’ which includes the works Arch of Titus, Arch of Constantine, Trajan’s column and the Ara Pacis Augustae.
Frieze
The frieze is the central section of an entablature often decorated with relief sculpture.
In the Arch of Titus frieze is set above the architrave, which is carved in high relief and depicts a procession of figures leading sacrificial animals.
In the Arch of Constantine “The Great Trajanic frieze” is divided into a series of panels to decorate both walls of the central passageway and the ends of the attic storey. The great frieze records Trajan’s war and subsequent victory over the Dacians.
On Trajan’s Column a continuous frieze winds up around the shaft from base to capital. The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101-102), and the top half illustrating the second (105-106).
The two sections are separated by a personification of Victory writing on a shield flanked on either side by Trophies. Otherwise, the scenes on the frieze unfold continuously and in tipped-up perspective. The imagery is not realistic as the sculptor pays little attention to perspective. Often a variety of different perspectives are used in the same scene, so that more can be revealed (e.g. a different angle is used to show men working behind a wall).
The scenes depict mostly the Roman army in military activities such as setting out to battle and engaging the Dacians, as well as constructing fortifications and listening to the emperor's address and the success he accomplished. The carvings are crowded with sailors, soldiers, statesmen and priests, showing about 2,500 figures in all and providing a valuable source of information for modern historians on Roman and barbaric arms and methods of warfare (such as forts, ships, weapons etc.). The relief shows such details as a
Task 1
The category I have chosen is ‘Public Monuments’ which includes the works Arch of Titus, Arch of Constantine, Trajan’s column and the Ara Pacis Augustae.
Frieze
The frieze is the central section of an entablature often decorated with relief sculpture.
In the Arch of Titus frieze is set above the architrave, which is carved in high relief and depicts a procession of figures leading sacrificial animals.
In the Arch of Constantine “The Great Trajanic frieze” is divided into a series of panels to decorate both walls of the central passageway and the ends of the attic storey. The great frieze records Trajan’s war and subsequent victory over the Dacians.
On Trajan’s Column a continuous frieze winds up around the shaft from base to capital. The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101-102), and the top half illustrating the second (105-106).
The two sections are separated by a personification of Victory writing on a shield flanked on either side by Trophies. Otherwise, the scenes on the frieze unfold continuously and in tipped-up perspective. The imagery is not realistic as the sculptor pays little attention to perspective. Often a variety of different perspectives are used in the same scene, so that more can be revealed (e.g. a different angle is used to show men working behind a wall).
The scenes depict mostly the Roman army in military activities such as setting out to battle and engaging the Dacians, as well as constructing fortifications and listening to the emperor's address and the success he accomplished. The carvings are crowded with sailors, soldiers, statesmen and priests, showing about 2,500 figures in all and providing a valuable source of information for modern historians on Roman and barbaric arms and methods of warfare (such as forts, ships, weapons etc.). The relief shows such details as a