Roman Architecture

arts and ideasPre-Hellenic Hellenic Hellenistic Roman

[Divinism] Humanism Individualism [Cosmopolitanism]

mysticalhierarchical

Idealism Realism [Stoicism/Epicureanism][conservatism]

symbolism Rationalism Empiricism emotional technique

Utilitarianism organization copying

awe restraint, nobility engagement, emotional response

didactic, functional, pious

naturalist vs abstractperiod, cultural idea, dominant mode, technique, effect

Roman Architecture

templesarchesamphitheatersbathsaqueducttriumphal arches

Roman Temples

TrajanMaison Carree

Temple of Trajan

Maison Carree

Temple to Vesta

Arches

arch corbel arch corbel arch, schematic

Tindari, Sicily

Treasury

cistern

Lions Gate

“Greek arches”

Tindari amphitheater

Aquaducts

Pont du Gard, Nimes