ARTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Shake Weight, Anthropomorphism, Antoninus Pius
14 Apr 2016
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Built of voussoirs wedge shaped stones. Stones are locked in place by pressure: not as straightforward as the post and lintel structure, simplistic form with extensive surface decoration. Trajanic round medallions: people wearing halos (pagan, not christian, figures standing in the contrapposto pose. Great trajanic frieze: panel underneath arch, severed heads. Rectangular reliefs at the top: came from something dedicated to someone. Virtus hunting a wild boar without any weapons great military affair. Statue of a god at an altar. Antonine relief: originally dedicated to antoninus s lsdjf, tunics, virtus in front, accompanied by the god of war (mars, salus salutary represents health and safety. Transferred water from mountains to areas miles away. Row of arches on top of each other. Built in a place where there was a colossal statue of emperor nero. Barrel vault next to barrel vault next to barrel vault: 3 layers of barrel vaults, then stone on top.
