Roman Art and Architecture VII

C. 80BC utilitarian building for high class documents for Catulus which towers over the forum1st example of creative concrete in Romestructure like barrel vaults columns on the outside symbolized status (tuscan doric order)

C. 60 BC Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus

C. 55BC Portrait of Pompey, for Pompeypatrician -> thin faced and powerful looking

C. 55BC Theater of Pompey, for Pompey the Greatdecides to build a theater ->first permanent theater in Rome->says he was building a temple

Educated in Greecegeneral, writer, politician, architect, urban planner Julian calendar->changed year from 355 days to 365 days

C.50 BC Portrait of Julius Caesar balding

C.50 BC Caesars accounts of warspopulares-> expands senate who appoints Caesar as dictatorVitruvius-> De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture) ->architect for Caesar

C. 50BC Place to vote in Campus MartiusNot completed until its use was no longer needed Forma Urbis-> canal plan

C. 50BC Theater of Marcellus; in Campus MartiusBuilt in order to outdo Pompey's theaterRadiating and Anular barrel vaults Roman Doric OrderCavea -> seatsScenae frons -> stage frontorchestra-> stage back

C. 50BC restoration Dolphins and eggs used to determine the lap of the horse raceAugustus adds obelisks spina->spine->line down center of circus

C. 50 BC Basilica JuliaFirst building Caesar built in the forumBuilt on top of Basilica SemproniaTrying to bring order to forum Luna/Carrara Marble (white marble of Italy)Law court building -> popular courtSeries of games carved into steps for people waiting

C. 50BC Forum of Julius Caesar (Forum Julium)-expansion of offices-very ordered and regularized Temple of Venus Genetrix _> vow to defeat PompeyHierarchy of height and material Peripteral sine postico-> columns on all side but back Statue of Caesar on a horse Luna MarbleImperial Forum Type-> bilateral symmetry, basilica space, columns around, entrance on short axis, hierarchy of height

C. 50BC Curia Julia -> senate houseRebuilt as a gift to the people Changes alignment to fit with his forum

C. 50BC Rostra -> speaking platform used by CaesarAdding to the forum

Iacta alea est-> "The die has been cast"Veni Vidi Vici -> "I came, I saw, I conquered"Ides of March-> 15 March 44 Death of Julius Caesar