ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Conifer Cone, Spolia, Santa Costanza
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Arth 120: week 5 lecture notes (oct 10, 2017) Portrait of vespasian (75 ce: emperor during construction of colosseum (finished during son"s rule) Colosseum (72-80 ce / rome: represents greatness of rome, one of the first permanent stone theatres, not first theatre, usually wooden and temporary. Portrait of commodus as hercules (191-192 ce: emperor who fought in colosseum, was killed there. Emphasizes importance (highest order: used to have bronze statue on top of chariot and horses. Titus riding in triumph (over jerusalem), arch of titus (81 ce: relief on arch, shows titus riding in, crowded composition, sense of immediacy. Processions of spoils from the temple of jerusalem, arch of titus (81 ce: spoils from jerusalem being carried back in triumph into rome. Wall painting, jewish catacomb (3rd century / rome: depicts burial. House-synagogue (244-245 ce / dura-europos, syria: judaism was somewhat tolerated, privately worshipped, avoid execution, times jewish rebelled against roman authority (titus won)
