Iberian & Roman Art
Transcript of Iberian & Roman Art
THE IBERIAN & ROMAN ARTIN SPAIN
THE IBERIAN ART
When “Second Iron Age”
From V to III Century BC
IBERIANS
CELTS
GREEKS
PHOENICIANS
CARTAGINIANS
• Different cultures…
Funerary Monuments (Pozo Moro en M.A.N.)
SCULPTURE
Religious - funerary sculpture
Sanctuaries
CARACHTERISTICS
Polichrome sandstone From S.V to Roman conquest Mainly seated or standing females (Goddess? Priestess?) Familiar groups Males: heads or busts, warriors Bulls, lions & griffins
CARACHTERISTICSBulls, lions & griffins For protection
CARACHTERISTICSBulls, lions & griffins
II Century BC Priestess? Geometrical clothes Hieratism
LADY OF CERRO DE LOS SANTOS
LADY OF BAZA
Policrome grey stone A hole for ashes at the right
side Small bird in one hand
(life after death?)
Coiffure or hat with pearls Huge earings Various necklaces Greek influence IV Century BC
Polichrome sandstone IV Century BC Complex headdress Funerary statue? (has an
apperture in the rear for ashes) Strong Greek influence
LADY OF ELCHE
Maybe part of a seated statue?
Maybe part of a seated statue?
56 cm
ROMAN ART
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
•Functionalism and Pragmatism
•Systematic use of arch and vault
•Monumental proportions
•Decorative art is associated to architecture
•Stone, brick or mortar of concrete
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
•Functionalism and Pragmatism
•Systematic use of arch and vault
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Functionalism and Pragmatism
Stone, brick or mortar of concrete
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
•Monumental proportions: they express Greatness of Rome
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Decorative art is associated to architecture:mosaics and frescoes
ROMAN ARCHITECTUREUse of Greek orders -Ionic, Doric and
Corinthianplus two new orders: Tuscan and Composed
Tuscan Doric Ionic CorinthianComposed
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE•Religious architecture
•Tombs
•Urban architecture
•Works of engineering
•Buildings for public spectacles
•Commemorative buildings
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
•Religious architecture
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Tombs
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Works of engineering
Acueduct of Segovia II c BCthe most artistic and
monumental engineering work from Roman History.
•More than 15 kilometers from Fuenfría Springs
•It’s 29 meters high
Granite stone- roughly carved and placed in a dry way (without mortar)
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Works of engineering
ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Buildings for public spectacles
ROMAN SCULPTURE
•Marble and Bronze
•Realistic
•Portraits
•Reliefs decorating buildings
ROMAN SCULPTURE
•Marble
•Realistic
•Portrait
ROMAN SCULPTURE
•Marble
•Realistic
•Portraits
ROMAN MOSAICSIn their domestic architecture and in the places of worship.
ROMAN MOSAICS2 main styles:
Opus tesselatum. Small cubes (1 cm) of different colors
ROMAN MOSAICS
2 main styles:
Opus vermiculatum. Smaller pieces (1-5 mm) to imitate the work of painters.