GREECE AND ROME-11
Roman Imperial Art: The First Century

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ROMAN IMPERIAL ART: FIRST CENTURY

Portrait of Tiberius (ruled 14-37)
Grotto of Tiberius, Sperlonga, sculptures of scenes from the Odyessy, by Athanadorus, Hagesander and Polydoros of Rhodes, 1st century a.d.
*Laocoon and His Sons by Athanadorus, Hagesander and Polydoros of Rhodes

Portrait of Caligula (ruled 37-41)

*Portrait of Claudius as Jupiter (ruled 41-54)
Aqua Claudia, 52
*Porta Maggiore, 52 a.d.

Portraits of Nero (ruled 54-68)
*Nero's Golden House, "Domus Aurea" 64-68 a.d. architect, Seler
Paintings of the third and fourth style

FLAVIAN DYNASTY
(Vespasian, Titus, Domitian)

Portrait of Vespasian (ruled 69-79)
*Flavian Amphitheater, "The Colosseum", inaugurated in 80  

THE CITY OF POMPEII, DESTROYED 79 a.d.

Views, roads, gates, forum, amphitheater, baths
Pompeiian Houses
House of Pansa
House of the Faun, with the mosaic of the Battle of Issus
Villa of the Mysteries

First style wall paintings (review--See Handout 9)

Second style wall paintings (review--See Handout 9)
    *Villa of the Mysteries, mid 1st century b.c.
    House of Fannius Sinister, Boscoreale, mid 1st century b.c. (Now in Met, NYC)
    Grapes (copy of Apelles?) House of the Sibyl
    House of the Wedding of Alexander, 1st century b.c.

Third style paintings
    Imperial villa at Boscotrecase, late 1st century b.c. (Now in Met, NYC)
    *House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto, 1st century a.d.  (towards 4th style)

Fourth Style paintings
    *House of the Vettii, 63-79 a.d.

*Arch of Titus, 81    

Reliefs from Tomb of the Haterii, Flavian period
Flavian portrait of a woman

*Flavian Palace and Domus Augustana on the Palatine, built by Domitian (ruled 81-96), inaugurated 92, architect Rabirius

Circus Maximus
Reliefs showing circus races, 2nd century



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