Friday, February 15, 2008

Week 7 blog:Question 1 Etruscan and Roman Art...

Etruscan: 1. Compare and contrast Etruscan wall painting with Minoan, Egyptian and Greek.

Roman: 1. What was Greece's impact on Roman sculpture? What forms of Roman sculpture were uniquely Roman?
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4 comments:

Nicki said...

1.The etruscan painting essentially only consists of frescoes from graves. It consists of painting on top of fresh plaster, so that when the plaster is dried the painting becomes part of the plaster and an integral part of the wall.

2. pilaster,triumphal arch, Roman basilica nave, aisle, clerestory, narthex

February 22, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Nicki said...

This is not Nicki, this is Lisa Cox


The Etruscan wallpaintings were actualy premade on fresh plaster then transfered from preset to wallpaintings; its apparently simple characteristics in the Hellenistic era conceals an innovative, characteristic and unique style,in which the Greek archaic period which would come to have a deep influence on the Roman art which would later entirely absorb it in the 1st century BC.

February 22, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Doofy said...

Figures in Etruscan paintings are more vivacious and communicate movement as well as emotion much better than paintings from Greece, Egypt, etc.
Roman sculpture is very much Greek. Most Roman pieces are copies of earlier Greek sculptures. What is distinctly Roman is the desire to sculpt to convey rigidity and strength. What results is playing up features of a face while downplaying others to achieve as much as possible a grave and serious demeanor.

February 22, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Cookies and Grits said...

1.)Etruscan was known for beging one of the brigtest.It was alsp made on a premade plaster and then transfered over to the thwe wall when ready.Minoan was used for the past like it would be placed on the fresh plaster and then the greek and egyptian was used for the present and was done on the wall directly..
2.)Romen sculputres are jus like the Greeks they a very simialr in looks they impact the Romens by them starting to use it in theyre building process and useing scupltures in theyre new buildings.

March 20, 2008 at 7:37 PM

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