ARTH 2102 Lecture 15: ARTH2105 - March 20, 2017
12 Apr 2017
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Hadrian was using coloured marble instead of frescos in his villa too. Dome is the biggest unsupported concrete dome. Romans thought the gods needed to be able to look down. See what the ritual is and what"s happening - hence the oculus. Original bronze that acts as a keystone kind of. Would have had a lot of statues and stuff. Single pieces of stone columns - from egypt. Marcus agrippa, son of lucius, in his third consulship, made (this) Hadrian spent a lot of time in athens. Hadrian never put his name on his monuments expect for 1. Brick stamps with the names of consuls give a date c. 125 ce. *some bricks date from 115 ce under trajan. As you get higher, the dome is getting lighter and lighter. Took less than 10 years to build. Goddesses sit back to back on thrones. Venus is the goddess of love (amor in. Duplex - mirrored house type of thing.
