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| Dying Gaul | Classical Greece: Hellenistic | Epigonos | Marble copy after bronze original | Representational hair<br>Objects on ground give sense of place<br>Shows blood and sweat<br>Doesn't portray a greek man (less jacked, less hot), shows a frenchman<br>Choker shows he's a gaul<br>Defeat: Broken sword, no attempt to call for help (horn), sitting on shield |
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| Aphrodite (Venus de Milo) | Classical Greece: Hellenstic | Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander | Marble | Individualized<br>Lot of detail compared to aphrodite of knidos<br>Dry drapery<br>Contrasting textures<br>Contraposto<br>Has musculature and feminine form<br>More intimate, sensual |
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| Nike alighting on a warship (Nike of Samothrace) | Classical Greece: Hellenistic | Unknown | Marble | Rhodes probably had a successful naval victory<br>Where Nike got it's logo<br>Wet drapery, would have been in fountain<br>lot of contrasting texture<br>Dynamic<br> |
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| Pont-du-Gard | Rome: Empire | Unknown | Shelly Limestone | Arches create space<br>Aquaduct helped city<br>columns aligned vertically<br>Ashlar Masonry<br>Used as major bridge<br>Use of Roman arch |
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| Portrait of Augustus as General | Rome: Empire | Unknown | Marble Copy, Bronze Original | Three powers (ishtar gate):<br>- Curass - Military<br>- Toga - Wealth and political power<br>- Eros - Supernatural power<br>Harkening pose: asking for cooperation, contraposto<br>Idealized proportions<br> |
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| The Pantheon | Roman: Empire | Patron: Hadrean | Concrete | First pantheon built out of wood, burned down<br>Rebuilt out of concrete<br>Originally built on a hill, now sunk by detrius of time<br>Monolithic columns from egypt in portico(front porch)<br>Had rosettes in ceiling squares<br>Biggest dome in the world<br>Squares and circles everywhere |
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| Pont-du-Gard | Rome: Republic | Unknown | Shelly Limestone | Arches create space<br>Aquaduct helped city<br>columns aligned vertically<br>Ashlar Masonry<br>Used as major bridge<br>Use of Roman arch |
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| Arch of Titus | Rome: Empire | Patron: Titus | Concrete faced with marble | Commemorates when Rome defeats Jerusalem<br>Triumphal Arch <br>Depicts jewish temple being raided, money used to fund colosseum<br>Original historian was jewish (Josephus) |
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| Portrait of a Husband and Wife | Rome: Empire | Unknown | Fresco | His skin is darker<br>Preserved because of Pompeii<br>She's holding beeswax tablet and stylus<br>They're flexing literacy<br>Literacy was only for the rich<br> |
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