What were some of the elemental differences between the governments of Greece and Rome?

How were the Romans affected by Greek culture? In their religion? in their art?

What were the differences in the ways the Greek and the Roman societies treated women?

What were the differences in the focus of Greek and Roman sculpture?

Describe the attributes and function of the atrium in the Roman domus.

What's the difference between a compluvium and an impluvium?

What is a peristyle? What was its function(s)?

What aspect of the Roman approach to architecture did we take note of in the Peristyle of the Palace of Diocletian?

Describe the effect that the Roman development of the arch had on subsequent architecture.

Identify an arch, a barrel vault and a groin vault.

How was the arch constructed?

What class of society lived in the domus? What class lived in the insulae?

Describe the construction and orientation (location) of the Roman insula.

What aspect of the Roman approach to architecture did we take note of in the Market Gate from Miletus?

Write a BRIEF description of the attributes of Hadrian's villa.

How did his villa show Hadrian's appreciation for the Greeks?

What was the forum? What was its function?

BRIEFLY describe the function of the Roman bath house.

What was the motivation behind Imperial sponsorship of these bath houses?

What is the other name of the Colosseum? How did it get the name "colosseum?"

What was the purpose of the Colosseum?

Describe the exterior appearance of the Colosseum, espeically its use of arches and columns.

Why was the floor of the Colosseum made of wood, covered with sand?

Compare the Roman circus to the colosseum.

What was the function of the aquaduct?

What are the notable attributes of the aquaduct system?

Describe the attributes of Temple of Portunus Virilus, including architectural sources.

What were the stylistic sources for the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli?

Compare the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina with the burial complex of Queen Hatshupset in Egypt.

Describe the architechtural attributes of the Pantheon.

What was the two-fold purpose of the use of coffering in the dome of the Pantheon?

What was the basilica of Constantine based upon?

What is the significance of the Roman basilica as related to future architechtural developments?

What is an oculus?

Describe stylistically the reliefs from the altar of Ara Pacis.

What is the "hidden symbolism" of the Column of Trajan? What were the other main types of Imperial monuments?

How many opeings could a triumphal arch have?

How is the sculptural program on the Arch of Constantine different from that of the Arch of Titus?

Compare the sculptures in the medallions on the arch of Constantine with those of the frieze.

What were the three main types of Roman funerary art?

Explain the relavance of the imagery of the Promtheus Sarcophagus.

What was the importance of the Roman ancestor portrait?

What is the psychological impression given by the portrait bust of Trajan?

What is the psychological impression given by the portrait bust of Hadrian?

What is the psychological impression given by the portrait bust of Caracalla?

How is naturalized portrait sculpture "fudged" with the sculpture of Augustus of Prima Porta?

What is an equestrian portrait?

From the fragments of the monumnetal head of Constantine, we have deduced that the pose was based on what?

How did Romans altar the placement of mosaics from that of the Greeks?

Why do we have so many examples of Roman painting extant?

What are the attributes of the first style of Roman wall painting?

Describe the attributes of first style wall painting as seen in (artwork x).

What are the attributes of the second style of Roman wall painting?

Describe the attributes of second style wall painting as seen in (artwork x).

What are the attributes of the third style of Roman wall painting?

Describe the attributes of third style wall painting as seen in (artwork x).

What are the attributes of the fourth style of Roman wall painting?

Describe the attributes of fourth style wall painting as seen in (artwork x).

What is a tondo painting?

What is a mummy portrait? From what traditions did it evolve? Why did the ancient Romans make this transition?

Why is the use of encausstic on mummy portraits significant?

What is the psychological message of the "Portrait of the Woman with a Stylus"?

What is the psychological message of the "Portrait of the Husband and Wife" - Is this neccesarily accurate? Why or why not?

What were some of the classifications of typical subject matter for Roman painting and mosiaics?

What were the two main Roman cities covered by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

What is the main source for Roman wall painting? Why is it difficult to differentiate Roman attibutes from those of the source material?

What is atmospheric perspective? What is linear perspective?

How are the first and third styles of Roman wall painting similar? What makes them different?

What was the edict of Damnatio Memoriae? What was some of the evidence of this when it was invoked by Caracalla?