History of Art | January 31st - Period 3

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

Autolycus looked considerably worse for wear this morning. Anyone who could read latin might notice the phrase "Banned from Pompeii" scribbled on his forehead in red ink.

"Ancient Roman art was based heavily on Etruscan and Greek art, so much of last week's lecture can also be applied here," Autolycus was completely ignoring the fact he didn't actually say anything about Greek art last week. "Therefore instead of a lecture I want you all to write me one hundred words on why the Romans were such dull, boring, unimaginative, stuck-up prigs."

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Re: 100 words - Why were the Romans such prigs?

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

The Romans liked to depict warriors and heroic adventures. Lots of the art show the foundation and rise of the city and their complex relations to their almighty gods. The Romans copied a lot of Greek sculptures so we should be grateful to them for being such unimaginative twits because they without them, we wouldn't have many complete images of Greek works. An example of this can be seen at the British Museum, where an intact second century (CE) Roman copy of a statue of Venus is displayed, while a similar original Greek statue at the Louvre Museum in France (500 BCE) is missing its arms. It is very interesting because they use different materials such as, sticks made out of wood, to make their art.