Pompeii: theater: inscription recording the name of an architect.
A. Some Central Features of Roman Architecture
Largo Argentina. The remains of Republican temples, Rome.
Arches of the Roman bath complex at Hierapolis (modern Pammukkale, Turkey)
Flavian Triumphal Arch. Also called the "Basilica". Tyndaris (modern Tindari).
Porta Nigra. Trier. 2nd century A.D.
"Temple of Mercury" at Baiae; Large domed structure that predates the Pantheon by 100 years or more. Exterior view.
"Temple of Mercury," Interior view.
Baiae: Imperial structure known as the "Temple of Diana."
Roman modes of construction. Illustration of the different uses of concrete fill, bricks and a veneer. Included are examples of the opus incertum, opus reticulatum, and opus testaceum methods.
Lime Kiln, like the ones in which most ancient marble ended up; Theater of Balbus, Rome.
B. Some monuments
Piazzo Augusto Imperatore and Mausoleum of Augustus, with building for Ara Pacis in background, Rome.
Interior of Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome.
Mausoleum of Augustus, interior. Restored inscriptions over burial urns with fascist dates. Inscriptions read: "Ossa Neronis Caesaris Germanici F. Divi. Aug. Pron. Flamin. Augustulis Queastoris" and Ossa Ti. Caesaris Divi. Aug. F. Augusti Pontificis Maxim. Trib. Pot. XXXIIX Imp. VII. Cos. V"
Nero's Golden House. Sketch map showing the possible extent of the palace and grounds.
Room # 87 of the Domus Aurea on the walls of which is a depiction of an architectural scene
A photo of the present state of the length of the "Gilded Vault" in the Domus Aurea.
View of the vault and the apse of the Hall of Achilles at Skyros, in the Domus Aurea.
Octagonal Room with Axonometric view
Nero's Golden House. Sectional view of the octagonal dining court and its concrete vaulting.
Domus Aurea as it looks today. Exterior view, with lovely cypress trees fronting the ruins.
Model of central Rome showing Colosseum, Palatine hill, and Circus Maximus
View showing four orders of columns
Colosseum or Flavian Ampitheater. View of interior.
Reconstruction of seating zones
Colosseum. Plan of subterranean levels.
Reconstruction
of animal cages
Imperial palace complex on the Palatine Hill. This contained residences built by emperors from Augustus onwards, and was enlarged by Domitian (AD 81-96).
Domitian's Palace on the Palatine Hill. Plan.
"Hippodrome." Palatine Hill, Rome.
Plan of Rome and Campus Martius
Piazza Navona (Stadium of Domitian). General site plan.
Stadium (Piazza Navona)
Model of the Imperial Fora, marking the Basilica Ulpia, Forum of Trajan, Forum of Julius Caesar, Forum of Nerva, Markets of Trajan, Forum of Augustus, and Forum of Vespasian (Forum of Peace).
Restored interior view of the Basilica Ulpia in the Forum of Trajan, Rome.
Column of Trajan, Rome, detail of the lowest four bands. Scenes show Trajan's army crossing the Danube and constructing battlefield headquarters.
Trajan's Column: A portion depicting Roman soldiers building a wooden palisade at the seige of Sarmizethusa, the capital of the Dacian cheif Decebalus. The entire column, celebrating Trajan's conquests in Dacia, was dedicated in A.D. 113 and stands 95 feet (29 m).
Trajan's Column. Detail of scene 37, Lustration of the camp.
View of the Markets of Trajan, including the numerous exedrae used as traders' stalls.
Axonometric reconstruction of Trajan's Markets. Numbers indicate the following items:1. Covered shopping arcade2. Apartment block3. Stair case4. Stair case5. Street6. Exhedra of Trajan's Forum
Markets of Trajan, Rome: the main hall. Made of brick-faced concrete, with only some detailing in stone and wood, in compliance with a building code that was put into effect after AD 64.
Pantheon (118-125 CE)
Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture II (Renaissance) Villa Rotunda (Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotunda at Vicenza, begun 1550)
Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture III (Early American) Jefferson (Monticello, Charlottesville, VA 1770-1784)
C. Other Forms of Art
Eagle cameo cut into sardonyx. Early Augustan.
Gemma Augustea. Roman sardonyx cameo / brooch depicting the Emperor Tiberius triumphant before Augustus and the Goddess Roma. The bottom half of the cameo shows Roman soldiers erecting a trophy to commemorate the battle. Ca. 10 CE.
Portland Vase. Venus. In the style of a two-layered sardonyx cameo, cut into a glass amphora (a prototype of Wegdwood blue jasper ware). Early Augustan.
Republican Roman marble portrait bust of an unknown man from Osimo. Supreme example of veristic portraiture.
Roman marble portrait bust of Aulus Postumius Albinus. Replica of an original from the 1st c. BC.
Ara pacis: Exterior
Ara pacis: Procession frieze
Column of Antoninus Pius. Detail. The base of the triumphal column in Rome dedicated to Antoninus Pius is magnificently decorated; one of the two splendid reliefs on the short sides shows a military review (decursio) of Roman soldiers and knights, with chiaroscuro effects.
Boy tibia player accompanies a sacrifice. Mosaic. Ostia. Caserma degli Vigili.
Mosaic floor from the Baths of Neptune, Ostia. Built by Hadrian 133 AD.
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