Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Architecture

-desire to improve life of public, not just elite -take arch from Etruscans and perfect it, built domes -use of concrete, was cheap, easy to build with, strong, and allowed for greater variety in design -greater variety in forms and more complex design

Architectual Innovations

Propaganda History/Narrative Entertainment Utilitarian (engineering roads, public works, etc.) Living (villas) Worship Commemoration/Memory (works to shape public memory)

Functions of Roman Architecture

-lots of crises, empire is divided and then reunited by Constantine -instability/worry

The Late Empire (193-337 CE)

Monarchy and Republic (753-27 BCE) Early Empire (27 BCE- 96 CE) High Empire (High Imperial) (96-192 CE) Late Empire (193-337 CE)

Time Periods

Monarchy and Republic (753-27 BCE) Pont du Gard Temple of Fortuna aqueducts Early Empire (27 BCE- 96 CE) Pont du Gard Maison Carree Ara Pacis Augustae Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum High Empire (High Imperial) (96-192 CE) The Amphitheater (Colosseum) The Arch of Titus Trajan's Forum Hadrians's Villa The Pantheon Late Empire (193-337 CE) Baths of Caracalla The Arch of Constantine Basilica Nova (Constantine)

Time periods for works of art