Roman Arts

We know that Roman people gave an artistic touch to almost everything they DID NOT maKe, including: —Mark the correct options

• sculpture, buildings wall

• metalwork, glass work

• jewelry, coins

• Books, documents

Roman artists were quite open to new ideas and influences from other cultures and empires. —Mark the only corect answer.

• True
• False
• Only from the Etruscans

Romans were skilled with clay sculpting and bronze work. —Mark the TRUE options about Roman sculptures.

• Romans preferred their subjects highly idealized
• Romans had a preference for realistic portraiture
• Romans prefered beauty and perfection over realism
• Romans preferred coping from all the other cultures.

What would set the Roman and Greek styles on sculptures apart?

• Greek sculptures never changed and the Romans was just a very good copy.
• Greek sculpture was very idealized but always realistic
• Roman scuplture was just a a copy from Greek, the statement is not true.
• Roman had a strong influence on the ideals from greek sculpture but was very realistic

August knew that Art was a great way to communicate with the masses. — Mark the FALSE options

• Art could be used to promote Augustus as a representative of the gods
• But only to people that could read or write
• To anyone, even to people that couldn't read or write
• Reliefs were used to tell stories

Romans were amazing architects. They discovered the concrete and made constructions such as: —Mark the TRUE option about Roman Architecture

• Spacious dome as in the Pantheon
• Aches, columns and sculptures as in the Coliseum
• Pyramids an in the Egyptian area
• Aqueducts bridges as Pont du Gard
• Post and lintels as in Stonehenge

The Colosseum showcases the three styles of columns used throughout the Roman architecture. —Mark the only TRUE option

• Doric columns feature scroll designs
• Corinthian columns are the most complex and decorative
• Ionic columns are the simplest variety
• Only Ionic and corinthian were used at the Coliseum

Even though a lot of Roman art was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted, There were still some types that survived such as

• wall paintings, but only the black and Pompeii red color. White and yellow vanished with the ashes.
• Lots of clay sculptures such as the Augustus sculpture
• wall paintings with it's most commonly used colors: white, yellow, black and Pompeii red
• Bronze sculptures were found surprisingly intact later on.

The murals which decorated the interior walls of homes discovered in Pompei DID NOT have:

• scenes of nature battles

• christians scenes

• mythology

• status enhancing scenes

What is an odd place that lots of art was well preserved?

• In the land art areas, with huge installations
• In catacombs with lots of pairings and sculptures
• In the houses of the poor, with lots of murals and mosaics
• On the top of the mountain, were they sculpted battle scenes