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. Pompeii , 80 BC ]] Roman art is the sculpture, pottery, painting, and other art produced in Ancient Rome or in territories under its rule from the Founding Of Rome in the 9th or 10th century BC, through the Roman Kingdom , Roman Republic , and Roman Empire periods, until the Decline Of The Roman Empire by the 5th century AD. Influenced by the art of the Etruscans , Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World , and later by the art forms of countries it subsumed within its empire (especially Ancient Egypt ) or of civilizations which its empire bordered (eg the Sassanid Empire). GENERAL STYLE The Romans were a practical people; in their original works, observation was key; portrait sculptures (or at least, the heads of) are often meticulously detailed and unidealized. The Romans also depicted warriors and heroic adventures, in the spirit of the Greeks who came during and before them. Indeed, the Romans often borrowed, copied, or even literally stole from Greek precedents (much of the Greek sculpture we know of today is in the form of Roman marble copies).. PAINTING painter with painted statue and framed painting Pompeii ]] Our knowledge of - 79 AD that the only true painting was painting on wood and that this had nearly disappeared by his time, to the benefit of the Mural ists, which was more indicative of the wealth of the owners than their artistic tastes. Course It is necessary to differentiate between the Hellenistic tradition and the Roman tradition. The Hellenistic tradition - followed by Greek painters - progressively faded, to be replaced by the Romans. Coming from this Mediterranean tradition, it copied the Greek repertoire "''less and less effectively''" Ranuccio, Bianchi, Bandinelli, ''ROME, le centre du pouvoir'', L'univers des formes, Gallimard (p. 114) until the 2nd Century AD. Starting in the 3rd Century AD, a new civilization brings a new set of themes. Indirect evidence of this appears in the resurgence of mosaics and the first Byzantine miniatures. Similar artifacts are found at the roostee temple. Pompeian Art The art in Pompeï is much different than other cities. there, through reconstruction, you can see how they lived. The most common type of art is the architecture and painting. They used a lot of the color red because it was a common ground color on the Vesuvius. The strange thing is, that here it was cheap, and in India it was a very expensive color. Even though it is Roman you still see some small Hellenistic parts. Variety of subjects Villa , Pompeii . Second style]] Roman painting provides a wide variety of themes: animals, still life, and scenes from everyday life. During the Hellenistic period, it evoked the pleasures of the countryside and represented scenes of shepherds, herds, rustic temples, rural mountainous landscapes and country houses. Innovations |
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