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- 1. Ancient Art History Survey, Week 10 NOTE: WE ARE NOT MEETING IN CLASS NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE OUR TAKE HOME EXAM, AND OUR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ASSIGNMENT FOR OUTSIDE OF CLASS. I WILL EXPLAN THIS ALL IN CLASS AND ALSO SEND OUT AN EMAIL—THE EXAM IS INTENDED AS AN ALL-ESSAY TAKE HOME EXAM ON WHICH YOU CAN USE YOUR NOTES AND BOOK. I WILL PASS OUT A COPY OF THE EXAM TONIGHT AND ALSO POST A COPY ON BLACKBOARD. Romulus and Remus, Rome, Aeneas, Roman Republic, veristic (topographical), death masks, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Battle of Actium, Augustus, Julio-Claudian, Livia, Prima Porta, adlocutio, Aeneas, cuirass, Parthians, standards, cornucopia, Ara Pacis, Campus Martius, Tellus, Marcus Agrippa, Tiberius, cameo, trophy, Nero, Domus Aurea, trompe l'oeil, First through Fourth Styles (painting), Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, Vespasian, Flavian, Flavian Ampitheater, Colosseum, arch construction, voussiors, keystone, buttress, arcade, vault, triumphal arch/column, Titus, Domitian, Nerva Possible essay questions: --Discuss the propagandistic messages of the Augustus from Prima Porta and the Ara Pacis. --Discuss images of Vespasian—why did he choose to be depicted in a veristic style? What was the “Flavian Ampitheater,” what were his motivations in constructing it, and how did it utilize the principles of arch construction? Images: Augustus (from Prima Porta), c.20 BC, p. 174 Ara Pacis, 13-9 BC, p. 176 Vespasian, c.75 AD, p. 181 Colosseum, 70-80 AD, p. 180