CAS AH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Groin Vault, Agrippa Postumus, Barrel Vault

• School: Boston University
• Department: History of Art & Architecture
• Course: CAS AH 111
• Professor: Kleiner Fred

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Temple of portunus: stone, overlay of stucco (imitation of greek marble), ionic columns/frieze, to approximate a peripteral greek temple yet maintain the basic. Etruscan plan, the architect added a series of engaged ionic half columns to the sides and back of the cella (pseudoperipteral temple), only columns and staircase at the front. Temple of vesta: tholos (round temple type), concrete cells, frontal orientation. Sanctuary of fortuna primigenia: concrete construction with its terraces, ramps, shops, and porticos spread out over several levels, tholos temple crowned the complex, distinctly. Roman concrete construction: (a) barrel vault, (b) groin vault, (c) fenestrated groin vaults, (d) oculus hemispherical dome with sequence of. Man with portrait busts of his ancestors: reflecting importance that patricians placed on genealogy, displays the portrait busts of his grandfather, both realistic likenesses. Head of an old man: from osima, veristic (superrealistic) portraits of old men from distinguished families were norm during the republic, recorded every detail.