Assignment 3 Web quest Roman Architecture I never realized how into Roman architecture I was until I went to Italy and Rome two years ago. I have to recommend it to everyone because unless you see it personally pictures don’t do it justice. I would have to say that the most amazing piece of architecture that I witnessed in person was the Colosseum, which was built in 80 AD. According to the Website web the colosseum facade was a limestone, brick and concrete with marble facing.
3 orders superimposed (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian).
The structure: barrel vaults radiate from elliptical center, which the weight carried on travertine piers and vaults, marble only lower tiers, and the wood higher up. The velarium meant fabric canopy provided relief from sun. The bricks were laid at an angle to hold stucco facing and the concrete arch springing from a stone pillar were some of the other amazing ways to show off this architecture. The one thing that you have to realize when you are standing in the colosseum is how old it is and the design that it has is how our modern day stadiums are still being constructed.
I was also amazed at the inside and how the floor caved in over the years and the pillars that I was walking around were the actual tunnels under the stadium floor. I found it hard to find anything that I disliked about Roman architecture. Maybe I’m biased but if you spend any time there you will know what I’m talking about. If I have to find something for the sake of the assignment after looking hard I would say Julius Caesar Vatican because he looks a lot like any of the other Roman sculptures that I saw in Rome and on the website web > I don’t really see a distinction on what makes this sculpture stand out from any of the Greek or Roman sculptures. I know he was a great and historical figure but as far as the art and sculpture of him I don’t see anything that separates him from a lot of the other people sculptures.
The Term Paper on Roman Architecture
The Roman society, like any other, had its humble beginnings. The history of their architecture runs virtually in step with the history of their empire to an extent. As the Empire expanded so did the architecture, and as Romans became more magnificent their architecture followed. Roman architecture had its humble beginnings as a form of worship. The first Roman architects were the ancient priests ...
