ROMAN ART

BY: MAX HARRIS

ROMAN PAINTINGS

In Ancient Rome they painted mostly on wood.

Much of the art consisted of the human body.

The sculptures are mostly oh the human body as

well.

They painted people's portraits because they

believed that having a well done picture of a person

who had died kept them happy, so they would not

haunt you.

CONTINUED

The ancient Roman art we see today was greatly

included by all of the countries and regions they

invaded and took over.

The rulers of ancient Rome would also have people

paint huge murals covering whole walls or roofs of

their palaces.

QUESTIONS?

SCULPTURES AND ARCHITECTURE

Most sculptures were copied, like most of their

art, from the Greeks.

Most of them were of naked women or leaders of

the empire, soldiers and famous men in Rome.

Carved out of marble

ARCHITECTURE

They would build large buildings or bridges to emphasize

their power.

On buildings there was a lot of scrolls and patterns

decorating the walls and doors.

The Roman Colosseum is a perfect example of how good

Roman people were at building designs and adding lots of

details.

QUESTIONS?

MOSAIC OF MENORAH

This is a beautiful piece of art made by an unknown artist. A mosaic

is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of

colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is a technique of decorative

art or interior decoration. The amount of color used is extremely

exquisite in that time period from 3rd century to 5th century A.D. When I

look at this art piece I can see the eye Horus. He was a mythological

god in ancient Egypt. That was later adopted by the romans to be

called Harpocrates. Menorah was probably used because of the arch of

Titus. In the arch of Titus this same type menorah is used.

RESEARCH

Found in Tyus

They think it was inspired by the emperor Titus.

After the arch of Titus was done.

This art work was found well after the roman

empire fell. Historian don’t know who made this

piece.

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