INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY
Handout 6
Database subset RK112-6

HELLENISTIC ART

Portrait of Philip II of Macedonia, Roman copy after an original of the 4th century b.c.
Portrait of Demosthenes, Roman copy of an original by Polyeuctes, 280 b.c.
Portraits of Alexander the Great, 4th - 3rd centuries b.c.

*The Alexander Sarcophagus, c. 310 b.c.

*The Battle of Issus or Battle of Alexander and the Persians, perhaps by Philoxenus of Eretria or Helen of Egypt, late 4th century b.c. known in a mosaic copy from Pompeii, 1st cen. b.c.

Tomb paintings from Vergina, Hunting Scene, Abduction of Persephone, c. 330 b.c.

*Frieze of the Altar of Zeus at Pergamum, c. 175 b.c.

Gaul Killing Himself and His Wife, Roman copy of bronze original of c. 220 b.c.
*Dying Gaul, Roman copy of bronze original of c. 230-220 b.c.

*Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 b.c.
Aphrodite from Melos, "Venus de Milo," c. 150 b.c.
Aphrodite and Pan, c. 100 b.c.

Sleeping Eros, 2nd century b.c.
Barberini Faun, c. 200 b.c.

Bronze Boxer by Apollonius, c. 50 b.c.
For comparison: Doryphorus (Spear Bearer) Roman copy after an original of c. 450-440 b.c. by Polyclitus
Apoxyomenos (Scraper) Roman marble copy, after a bronze original of c. 330 b.c. by Lysippus
 
 

HELLENISTIC/ROMAN PAINTING

*Dionysiac Mystery Cult, c. 50 b.c., Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries
See web page for the Villa of the Mysteries

Wall Painting from a House on the Esquiline Hill in Rome with scenes from the Odyssey: Ulysseus in the land of the Lestrygonians, Ulysseus at the mouth of Hades, Lestrygonians Hurling Rocks at the Fleet of Ulysseus, late 1st century b.c.

*Garden Landscape, Villa of Livia, Primaporta (suburb of Rome), late 1st century b.c.

Frescoes from the House of Fannius Sinister from Boscoreale (near Pompeii), late 1st century b.c.

Paintings from the House of the Vettii, c. 63-79 a.d.
 
 

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Views and plans of Pompeii's public buildings (as destroyed in 79 a.d.)
Houses from Pompeii, 1st century b.c.-1st century a.d.

Plans, reconstructions, views of the temples in the Roman Forum

Web Site on the Roman Forum

Temple, perhaps dedicated to Portunus, Rome, late 2nd century b.c.
For comparison: Diagram of a typical Etruscan Temple
Greek Temple

Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli, 83-79 b.c.

Diagrams of the principles of the arch and vaulting
Pont du Gard, Nimes, 1st century b.c.

*Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Praeneste (Palestrina), c. 80 b.c.
 
 

ROMAN REPUBLICAN SCULPTURE

*Roman Patrician with Death masks of His Ancestors, c. 15 a.d.
Roman Republican Portrait, c. 80 b.c.

Portrait of Julius Caesar, c. 50 b.c.


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