ART-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stoicism, Verism, Portico
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Roman virtues: practicality, thrift/frugality, honesty, dedication to hard work, loyalty- especially to the state- if called upon, you must serve. The empire period (27 bce- 395/476 ad) peak. Architecture- high podium, front steps only, deep portico, engaged columns, stucco over concrete, polished. Insula 43,000- island - public housing large problem with 1,000,000 people 1st century ad. Bread and circus- welfare state , mass entertainment, ludi games- ludacris , 50,000 the coliseums: most of the audience were the poor, chariot races, doric, ionic, corinthian columns. Aqueducts- 160 feet- rustification- 100 gallons/persons/day in nimes utilitarian, bosses. The pantheon: house of many gods, granite columns 40 feet high, 16 feet walls, open air oculus, coffering on the dome to remove excess weight originally bronze rosette over each one but melted down by michelangelo for st. peter"s. Marcus aurelius- not shown in military clothes, has a beard, believed in stoicism. Stoicism- reject materialism, don"t express extremes, most important thing you posses is virtue.
