Summary: Art
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classical era
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how is art history usually discribed?
art history is usually discribed in periods. -
what did the romans conquered ?
the region around the miditerranean sea including Greece . -
how did the greeks looked at the world ?
the greeks where Always looking for perfection and ideals however these could never be seen -
what did the romans copied from the greeks ?
-sculpture
-the building orders
-the greek way of building temples -
what did the romans invented ?
they invented concrete and the arch construction -
what is a round ceiling made with an arch construction called?
a Barrel vault -
how did a barrel vault looked like ?
actually it is a row of arches -
what is needed if two barrel vaults intersect each other?
four strong points are needed to support it. -
what is a number of arches placed in a cirlce form?
it's called a dome -
what was that nice about a dome?
a dome was a nice example of harmony and symmetry
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