Roman Imperial Art and Architecture

Nero to Diocletian

 

Latin words and phrases relevent to today's lecture. Plus, the lecture outline.

NERO (54-68 CE)

Modern Parallels (1871)

Modern Parallel City (early 20th century)

The Modern Skyline

Map of the Domus Aurea (begun in 64 CE)

Esquiline Wing of the House

Octagonal Room with Axonometric view

Vaults and domes

Circus of Gaius (Caligula) and Nero

San Pietro (Vatican Museums)

FLAVIAN AMPHITEATER

 

Coin (minted under Emperor Gordian III 238-244 CE)

Front view and plan of area (inaugurated in 80 CE)

Groundplan

Colosseum gate

Colosseum orders

Colosseum from Temple of Venus and Roma

Inside: Colosseum Seating

Seating II

Colosseum substructure

Beasts (mosaic from Piazza Armerina, Sicily)

Gladiators

Venatio/Animal Hunt (mosaic from Lepcis Magna, North Africa)

Animal cages

Velarium (canopy) Drawing

Velarium anchors

Colosseum & Topography

Colosseum & Topography II

What happened to the Colosseum? (e.g., Aqua Paula by Paul V)

 

DOMITIAN (81-96 CE)

Ludus Magnus I

Ludus Magnus II (on left, Forma Urbis Romae fragment)

Plan of Rome and Campus Martius

Stadium (Piazza Navona)

 

HADRIAN

Pantheon (118-125 CE)

Pantheon and Campus Martius

Examples of brickstamps

Pantheon Inscription

Pantheon Axonometric

Pantheon Interior

Pantheon (Pannini) & Pantheon Interior (Pannini c.1750: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)

Pantheon Interior II

Pantheon Interior III

Pantheon's Use of Materials

Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture I (Renaissance) daVinci (Vetruvian Man)

Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture II (Renaissance) Villa Rotuna (Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotunda at Vicenza, begun 1550)

Pantheon's Influence throughout Western Architecture III (Early American) Jefferson (Monticello, Charlottesville, VA 1770-1784; UVA "The Lawn & the Library" 1817-1825)

 

DIOCLETIAN

Baths (298-306 CE)

Baths II

Baths III

Baths IV

Baths of Diocletian andWestern Architecture I

The Interior of Union Station (Daniel Burnham: 1908. Washington, DC)

 

OTHER 3RD CENTURY ART

Zeugma, Turkey

Link to Washington Post article (13 November 2000)

Project website www.zeugma2000.com

Zeugma Mosaics I

Zeugma Mosaics II

Zeugma Mosaics III


Last Updated November 2002 * Douglas Boin (drboin@mail.utexas.edu)