Classical Roman Arts
Foundation use of the Arch
- Vaulting - Structures made form an arch
- Arcade - arches
used in series
Public Entertainment
- Roman predilection for public amusements
- Colosseum(s) amphitheater
holding over 50K for entertainment
- Arena for gladiatorial
contests
- Blood matches for wagering
- Slaves bought and trained for mock battles
- "Fair" fights give way to public spectacles during
the later Imperial years
- Baths
- Public spas
social clubs
- Sequential bathing
moving from pool to pool by temperature
- Massages, pools, reading rooms, gyms, etc
Public Memorials
- Monuments built to commemorate people, events, locations
- Trajan - a 1st century
soldier-emperor who through conquest expanded the boundaries of Rome
- Figure sculpture
- Roman figures of authority
- Greek Figures
Humanities
Resource of Mark Hunter