Ancient Roman Art and Architecture

The art and architecture of Ancient Rome was incredibly varied due to the sheer size the empire became. As the Romans expanded and conquered, they embraced the art trends from all over their empire – the Romans adapted and adopted from earlier cultures like the Greeks and Etruscans, as well as others they conquered so it’s not surprising that their art was so varied. The Romans not only created different types of art, but they made it with any and all materials to show their appreciation of the past and commemoration of people and events. They produced art in the form of frescoes, paintings, and mosaics, statues, coins, seals, jewellery, glassware and pottery and their art could be used for propaganda to highlight military prowess, as well as aesthetics and fashion.

The Romans continued the legacy of the Greeks, but they were also innovators who produced a whole new range of architectural structures with creative designs out of new materials and with new construction techniques. Some of these innovations include basilicas, the triumphal arch, monumental aqueducts, and residential housing blocks or insula. The Romans used the column orders established by the Greeks, so the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian - with the Corinthian being particularly favoured by the Romans, but they did make it a bit more decorative.

The Roman architecture that has survived to this day ranged from humble living abodes to monumental and truly spectacular feats of construction. They pushed the boundaries of architectural construction and turned it into an art form. Not only did they construct buildings for practical use, but architecture became an imperial tool to demonstrate to the world that Rome was culturally superior because only she had the wealth, skills, and audacity to produce such structures. Not only that, but the innovations developed by the Romans like the basilica and amphitheatre would go on to influence all following western architecture right up until the present day.

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1:00 Influence and Function of Roman Art
2:55 Types and Characteristics of Roman Art
6:13 Anceint Roman Mosaics
8:57 Main Features of Roman Architecture
12:23 Important Ancient Roman Buildings
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