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1219072857975-50 BCE Marble Museo Torlonia, Rome Extremely realistic, full of experience and wisdom.Head of Roman Patrician0
12190728580500-29 BCE Many of the most important buildings were located near the Forum. Temple of Jupiter Basilica In Pompeii, Italy Where business was conducted in ancient Rome.Aerial View of the Forum1
12190728581In the House of the Vettii (2nd century - 1st century BCE) Stone and Fresco Pompeii, Italy Open to sky so it gets natural light.Atrium2
12190728582Characterized by painted rectangles. Goal was to imitate marble panels.First Pompeian Wall Painting Style3
12190728583Characterized by large mythological scenes and/or landscapes. Goal was to create an illusionary 3-D world.Second Pompeian Wall Painting Style4
12190728584Characterized by small scenes set in a field of color and framed by delicate columns of tracery.Third Pompeian Wall Painting Style5
12190728585Painted Marble of the First Style at the base. Large Scenes of the Second Style. Small Scenes of the Third Style.Fourth Pompeian Wall Painting Style6
1219072858670-79 CE 1' 11" X 1' 8.5" Museo Nazionale, Naples Depicts them both as Educated. He holds a scroll and she holds a writing utensil.Portrait of a Husband and Wife7
1219072858762-79 CE Fourth Style 1' 2" X 1' 1.5" From Herculaneum, Italy At Museo Nazionale, Naples Showed the illusionary effect that artists tried to create.Still Life with Peaches8
1219072858820 BCE 6' 8" Had a bronze original. Vatican Museums, Rome From Primaporta, Italy Breastplate depicted a victory in battle. Copies are marblePortrait of Augustus as General9
1219072858990 CE From Rome, Italy 2' 1" high Marble Museo Capitolino, Rome Projects idealized beauty.Portrait of a Flavian Woman10
1219072859013-9 BCE Panel from the East Facade of the Ara Pacis Augustae Rome, Italy Marble 5' 3"Female Personification (Tellus?)11
1219072859113-9 BCE Detail of the south Frieze of the Ara Pacis Augustae Rome, Italy Marble 5' 3"Procession of the Imperial Family12
12190728592Built under Augustus 16 BCE Nimes, France An aqueduct Bridge used to carry water from the mountains to cities on the Tiber River.Pont-du-Gard13
1219072859370-80 CE "Flavian Amphitheater" Rome, Italy Built under Vespasian Titus completed it Barrel Vaults and Groin VaultsArial view of the Colosseum14
12190728594After 81 CE Rome, Italy Composite Style (Mix of Ionic and Corinthian Styles) "Triumphal Arch"Arch of Titus15
12190728595After 81 CE Rome, Italy Marble 7' 10" Depicts Roman soldiers taking spoils from the Temple of Jerusalem.Spoils of Jerusalem16
12190728596112 CE Rome, Italy Contained: Temple of Trajan, Column of Trajan, Libraries, Basilica Ulpia, Equestrian statue of Trajan. Extremely large Forum dedicated by Trajan Architect was Apollodorus of DamascusForum of Trajan17
12190728597112 CE Forum of Trajan Rome, Italy 128' high Used to be topped with a nude Trajan Now it is Saint Peter A spiral frieze wraps up the entire column, depicting various scenes with Trajan.Column of Trajan18
12190728598118-125 CE Rome, Italy Built under Hadrian Dome's top is 142 feet high Oculus was 30 feet wide at the top of the dome. Coffers were used to maintain the structural integrity of the dome.Pantheon19
12190728599Oculus is the only light source Coffers were spaced throughout the inside of the dome.Interior of the Pantheon20
12190728600175 CE Rome, Italy originally Bronze 11' 6" high Musei Capotolini, RomeEquestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius21
12190728601211-217 CE Marble 1' 2" Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Accurately depicted the ruthlessness of CaracallaPortrait of Caracalla22
12190728602305 CE From Constantinople Porphyry 4' 3" Saint Mark's, VenicePortraits of the Four Tetrarchs23
12190728603312-315 CE Built under Constantine Took inspiration from Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius Rome, ItalyArch of Constantine24

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