Roman Art

When? in the 8th century BC.

Excelled in what? art and architecture. used arches, vaults, and concrete. (better than anyone else)
Arch- curved architectural element used to span an opening.
Vault- arched roof or covering made of brick, stone, or concrete. 

   
The Colosseum:
Walls: made of concrete, plaster and marble
Height: 16 stories high
Capacity: it held 50,000 people

The Pantheon:
walls: 20 feet thick
floors: 144 feet in diameter
dome: 144 feet from the floor and it is thicker at the base
Oculus: 30 feet wide whole at the top of the dome
Portico: front porch
drainage system: in the floor


Arch of Constantine:
celebrates what? Constantine's assumption of power 


Forum Romanum:  was a place for political gatherings, a mall, and a place of discussion

Aqueducts: (a marvel of engineering!)
use: was to bring water from the mountains down to there cities


Column of Trajan:
Trajan's ashes are inside and on the outside there are comic strips of Trajan's victories in battle

   

Mosaics:
size: 1/2 cm. each piece
smallest stones: 150 tiles per 1 square cm.

Egypt

1. Ancient architecture:

• Mastabas- built by imhoten, first Egyptian to build structures.
• In saqqara- 5 mastabas, stacked
• made of limestone 

2. Giza

• Khufu's pyramid:
• base is 755 feet long
• the largest of the three Giza pyramids

3. The Sphinx:

• a giant statue of Khafre- across between a lion and a human.
• 240 ft long, 66 ft tall!
• lions guarded tombs & temples - they never sleep

4. Abu Sembel:

• 4 statues of Ramses.
• carved in living rock.

5. King Tut's Tomb:

• it staid intact
• 5,000 plus artifacts, art, food, plus the body were found

6. Nefertiti:

• Queen to Akenaten-who created a sun-cult.
• she was given high artistic prominence
• famed to be the most beautiful women in Egypt.

Pre-history

•  There is no known civilization that has not used some form of art or aesthetics. 

Some example are:

• Venus of Willendorf -from Austria. c. 25,000-20,000 BCE limestone, height 4 3/8 inches. Naturhistorischesmuseum, Vienna.
• Lascaux caves, France - 1,500, each bull is about 16 feet long.
• Stonehenge, England - 2,800- 1,500 BC. post and lintel construction.
• Ziggaurat or Step Pyramid - step pyramid at Saqqaroh, egypt, built in six stages for djoser, the second king of the 3rd dynasty. 

Coming from knowing nothing

In my art class we will be learning about the history of art!
what is it?
where did it come from?
I don't know much now but i will throughout this year.