VIS 120B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Magna Graecia, Roman Art, Caere
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Roman art has aspects and idiosyncrasies that aren"t found in greek art, even though many of its styles draw from greek art. Cities began in 3000 bc in mesopotamia. Change from people living in small towns in subsistence farming with real. Change from a comparatively egalitarian society to something much more unequal and living hierarchical. The king as an institution is created during this period. 1500 bc -- eastern italy and the balkans start to form cities. Thought to be stories until the later 20th c. 12th c. bc -- something happens that shakes up all the established monarchies in the. Those that survived (mesopotamia and egypt) only did so because their culture was so ancient. The little islands off the coast of greece saw their entire societies collapse. Greece and phoenicia came back after the weird thing took them out. People think of themselves increasingly as citizens rather than subjects (mainly in greece)
