ARTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Peristyle, Voussoir, Triumphal Procession
14 Dec 2020
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Arth 103- october 3, 2018: ancient rome, founding legend of rome, #1- anchises and aeneas, #2- capitoline wolf, c, 500 bce (?) ), rome (late 2nd century bce: engaged columns = pilasters (don"t hold up structure at all, virginia statehouse (designed by thomas jefferson, early 19th century) inspired by roman temples, the maison carree, nimes. During that time more than 400,00 people died inside. Estimated about 1m animals died inside as well: pompei and mt. Vesuvius erupted in _____ after an earthquake (about a week earlier) people died from gases/ pumice: plaster ghost archeologists poured concrete into pockets of air they found while digging formed peoples bodies of the way. Used as administrative center by the romans: column of trajan 113-116, marble (97" 8 high including base 125" high, spiraling relief 625" long, illustrating the army"s victory in the dacian campaigns, Maria degli angeli, rome: compare to modern day main hall of the old.
