A. Mau‚ a German scholar‚ established four distinct styles of Roman wall painting at the sites of Pompeii‚ Herculaneum‚ Boscoreal‚ and other smaller sites covered with ash from the volcanic eruption at Mount Vesuvius. The styles begin with one direction‚ shift completely‚ and end on a more combined technique. Style I‚ known as incrustation‚ began approximately during the second century b.c. This style features the strong influence of the Hellenistic Greek period in its surface decoration. At
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Title of the Artifact: Transylvanian Swords Type of the artifact: It is a sculpture Material of the Artifact: These swords are made of bronze Date of creation of the Artifact: These Swords were found in Transylvania in 17th century BC Artifact Provenance: They were found in Homeric Troy Where artifact is located now: These unique Mycenaean swords are located in Romania. They are seven swords out of nine which were found in Transylvania. What attracted me in these swords is that they are so superior
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because taking the name Caesar marked the heir to the throne who‚ if of age‚ would participate actively in the ritual and political and military life of the state. They also became princeps iuventutis‚ or ’leaders of the Youth’ and heads of the equestrian order. An example of this is seen on the first coin as the inscription titles Gaius and Lucius Caesar princes of youth. The title was originally given by acclamation of the knights (equites)‚ who formed the second of the ruling classes after the
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Byzantine times. Commodus like other emperors before him had a strong urge to emulate the work of great Greek artists‚ mainly sculptures. Roman Emperors knew that art was a great propaganda tool to communicate with the masses regardless of their literacy (Stokstad & Cothren‚ 2013). The surviving sculpture of Commodus as infant Hercules (image 1) is a typical Greco-Roman sculpture what makes it interesting is the missing limbs and what was left intact. The emotion and pose give the observed just enough
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breast plate and armor combined Classical Greek and Roman Republic ideas. The youthfulness corresponded with the Greek style‚ while the greatly detailed armor was true to the Romans. A Roman piece of artwork known as the Equestrian Marcus Aurelius created in 165 AD was an equestrian monument of a man on horseback. Strangely enough the man has a beard which is unusual for Roman art‚ Augustus was always cleanly shaven. During the Late Imperial Roman period‚ Greco-Roman gods and heroes were used in “traditional
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but the reality of the event is more evident in the Gaul sculpture. The wound is clearly visible and the anguish of the subject is captured in his poise. Conversely the subject of the Warrior piece looks rather content and shows no visible injury. Both works are roughly the same size and represent a relatively perfect human structure with attention to muscular detail as well as an idealization of the human body. However‚ the Warrior sculpture shows less optical fact and more stylization as far as the
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Caprese near Arezzo At the age of 13 Michelangelo’s father Ludovico Buonarroti placed Michelangelo in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio through connections with the ruling Medici family. About two years later Michelangelo studied at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens. Shortly thereafter he was invited into the household of the magnificent‚ Lorenzo
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AP ART HISTORY EXAM STUDY PACKET KEY BARRON’S BOOK PAGE NUMBERS IN RED TEXTBOOK PAGES IN BLUE YEARS IN GREEN WORKS ARE UNDERLINED LOCATIONS ARE ITALICIZED PREHISTORIC ART Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 68 17 Short‚ fat figure of a woman. It is small and meant to be carried around. Her large stomach and breasts show that she was a symbol of fertility. Lascaux Caves (Dordgone‚ France) 69 21/23 Huge set of cave paintings with many different
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creation. The Severans came to power in the late second century. Marcus Aurelius¹ son Commodus succeeded his father in 180‚ only to inherit an empire that was becoming increasingly harder to uphold ‚ and imperial order was being threatened. Eventually‚ he was assassinated ‚ and the Roman world was thrown into civil discord. Septimius Severus emerged as the new emperor in 193 after proclaiming himself to be Marcus Aurelius¹ son. 2 The Severan¹s hometown was called Lepcis Magna‚ on the
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Discuss how conflicting perspectives on events‚ personalities and situations are represented in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and one related text. Written in 1599‚ Shakespeare’s historical tragedy Julius Caesar portrays the conspiracy against Julius Caesar‚ his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators. Julius Caesar is one of the many Roman plays that Shakespeare wrote based on true events from Roman history. This play presents varying perspectives on not only characters such as Julius Caesar
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