What role did art play in ancient Rome?

Answer 1

The Romans made frescoes, a type of mural painting, usually on the walls of wealthier houses. Mosaics were on the floors of wealthier houses and of public buildings. In their earlier days Romans produced the best portraiture sculpture (busts) in history. Later, they made beautiful full-bodied bronze, marble and alabaster statues in the Hellenistic style. They made impressive reliefs for altars, triumphal arches and triumphal columns. The Romans also had very good jewellery making, coral working, cameos and silverware. They made decorative architectural terracottas and pottery which sometimes had designs on them. They also made decorative metal plates which they called phalerae.

In architecture (if you include it as art), they created great buildings, such as the amphitheatres, the theatres, the basilicas (large public buildings) and the Pantheon The Romans effected an architectural revolution by being the first to make large-scale use of the arch, the vault and concrete. This enabled them to go beyond the post-and-lintel architectural methods of the Greeks. They used columns to build temples and porticoes. For these, they used the three Greek orders (styles) of making columns (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian) and introduced composite orders, which combined elements of two orders.

Answer 2

Many historians will agree that ancient Rome owed a great debt to Ancient Greece in terms of Rome's art.

Romans had many characteristics, but being an artistic people was not one of their strong points.

Romans were warriors, rulers and engineers. They were proficient at organizing government.

Romans counted on the establishment of order & security as a noble task, more so than the creation of art & luxury.

Wealthy Romans paid huge sums of money for the artistic works of dead masters of art, many of which were of Greek origin.

Most artists in ancient Rome were Greeks. Either as slaves, freed men, or artists for hire.

Answer 3

they started doing their best art after stealing it from greece, the thieves. it is the art they are best known for. am not sure what year

Answer 4

It was mostly represented by the famous arches and passageways, which are still used today. Rome was not known for that many paintings instead for its architectural art

Answer 5

A big part there many pieces of beautiful artwork were created, it was a big part in their culture.