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  2. Painting in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Roman fresco from the Tomb of Esquilino, c. 300-280 B.C. As with the other arts, the art of painting in Ancient Rome was indebted to its Greek antecedents. In archaic times, when Rome was still under Etruscan influence, they shared a linear style learned from the Ionian Greeks of the Archaic period, showing scenes from Greek mythology, daily life, funeral games, banquet scenes with musicians ...

  3. Arts in Rome - Wikipedia

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    Rome's Piazza Navona.. Rome has for over two thousand years been one of the most important artistic centres in the world. Early Ancient Roman art initially developed from the Etruscan art slightly to its north, but from about 2000 BC, as the Roman Republic became involved with the Greek world, Ancient Greek art and architecture became the dominant influence, until the two effectively merged ...

  4. Roman art - Wikipedia

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    The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories of its Republic and later Empire, includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work.Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass are sometimes considered to be minor forms of Roman art, [1] although they were not considered as such at the time.

  5. Augustan and Julio-Claudian art - Wikipedia

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    Augustan and Julio-Claudian art is the artistic production that took place in the Roman Empire under the reign of Augustus and the Julio-Claudian dynasty, lasting from 44 BC to 69 AD. At that time Roman art developed towards a serene " neoclassicism ", which reflected the political aims of Augustus and the Pax Romana , aimed at building a solid ...

  6. The Cupid Seller (fresco) - Wikipedia

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    The winged childlike creatures are cupids, described in ancient Greek mythology as headstrong and trouble-making, widely shown in Hellenistic and Roman art. They are occasionally shown trapped in cages and boxes on Greek vase paintings and Roman mosaics and wall paintings, with the Stabiae version probably inspired by a play or poem popular at ...

  7. Striking Roman paintings uncovered in Pompeii after nearly ...

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    Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii.. Discovered inside ...

  8. Roman sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Early Roman art was influenced by the art of Greece and that of the neighbouring Etruscans, themselves greatly influenced by their Greek trading partners.An Etruscan speciality was near life size tomb effigies in terracotta, usually lying on top of a sarcophagus lid propped up on one elbow in the pose of a diner in that period.

  9. Neoclassicism - Wikipedia

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    His books Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture (1750) and Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ("History of Ancient Art", 1764) were the first to distinguish sharply between Ancient Greek and Roman art, and define periods within Greek art, tracing a trajectory from growth to maturity and then imitation or decadence ...

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