ARTH 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Denarius, Travertine, Pozzolana

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Art History & Archaeology
• Course: ARTH 200
• Professor: Egan

Document Summary

Denarius of caesar, rome, republican period: obverse: the front, corona triumphalis-victor crown of laurel leaves, verse: back, holding in hand victory scepter=authority, veristic style. Tivoli general, tivoli, republican period: head heavily lined while the body is very muscular. Brutus, republican period: veristic style: very natural truthful face, orig head made from bronze, eyes inlaid in precious stone, crows feet around the eyes, heavy nasal labio lines, neck folds, to politically ascend there were age limits. Temple of portunus, rome, republican period: made of local materials: travertine + tufa (hardens with oxygen), coated white, greek similarities/elements. Ionic columns: open frieze (not actual marble but) marble look , etrusco-roman elements, high podium, front staircase, engaged column: gives an illusion of peripteral but actually the column is built into the wall. Sanctuary of fortuna primigenia, praeneste, republican period: show off versatility of concrete. 1- to break free from rectal linear form.