Adventus of Vespasian, frieze from the Palazzo della Cancelleria
A History of Roman Art, enhanced ed., Boston: Wadsworth, 2010 (9780495909873)
Profectio of Domitian, frieze from the Palazzo della Cancelleria
Equestrian statue of Nerva (formely Domitian)
from the Sactuary of the Augustales, Miseno.
Detail of a Fourth Style mural painting, Ixion Room
1) fauces, 2) atrium, 3) tablinum (Egyptian oecus), 4) peristyle garden, 5) cubiculum, 6) triclinium, 7) panoramic terrace, 8) sitting room
Atrium and Egyptian Oecus, House of the Mosaic Atrium
Musei Capitolini - Centrale Montemartini
Nymphaeum, House of Neptune and Amphitrite
In the nymphaeum of the House of Neptune and Apmhitrite.
Canal in the garden, manmade version of natural streams and waterfalls.
1) belvedere, 2) peristyle garden with fish pond, 3) tablinum, 4) atrium, 5) small peristyle
This sculpture is a copy in the form of a herm of the head of Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer) of Polykleitos, ca. 450 - 440 BCE.
A bearded man(philosopher) is thought by some to be Aristotle, although the identification cannot be confirmed.
This mural painting is a third style of Pompeian mural paintings.
Fourth style mural paintings, Pentheus Room
This mural painting is located in Pentheus Room (triclinium N).
Fourth style mural paintings, Ixion Room
The Ixion room, a second triclinium facing the peristyle in the same house features a mythological panel at the center of each of its three walls. It is a prime example of the most complex fourth style design at Pompeii, characterized by more crowded and confused compositions.
To record the appearance of the objects faithfully, the artist paid scrupulous attention to shadows and highlights as well as to the fruit and the glass jar.
The man holds a scroll and the woman a stylus and a wax writing tablet, standard attributes in Roman marriage portrait.
This is a generic portrait of a learned man, book in hand.
The old farmer of Corycus, folio 7 verso of the Vatican Vergil
The page reproduced here includes a section of text from the Georgics.
Gateway to the Forum of Trajan, represented on the reverse of an Aureus of Trajan
Interior of the Basilica Ulpia, Forum of Trajan
Restored view by James E. Packer and Gilbert Gorski.
Interior of the Great Hall, Markets of Trajan
Axonometric view of the great hall, Markets of Trajan
Alimentary program of Trajan, passageway relief, Arch of Trajan
Jupiter extending his thunderbolt to Trajan, left attic relief, city facade, Arch of Trajan
Restored view of the Templum Pacis (Temple of Peace)
Aerial view of the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Facade of the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Trajan entering Rome, right attic relief, city facade, Arch of Trajan
Reused as a section of Liberator Urbis in the central passageway of the Arch of Constantine 312 - 315.
This sculpture was found in Hierapytna, Greece
Antinous in the guise of an Egyptian pharaoh
This sculpture was found in Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli.
This relief shows an emperor, accompanied by lictors, standing on the Rostra. The emperor addresses a crowd of togate senators and less elegantly garbed common people. The arches, temples, and basilicas of the Forum Romanum seve as a backdrop.
Burning of debt records, Anaglypha Hadriani
Hadrian was the first emperor to cancel the debts of the Roman people.
This panel is a part of Arco di Portogallo.
Boar hunt and sacrifice to Apollo, tondi from a lost monument in Rome
This roundel reliefs were reused in the Arch of Constantine.
The most imaginative esign at the Tivoli villa is the Teatro Marittimo (Maritime Theater), a kind of villa within the villa next to the Poikile.
Canopus (Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy)
Serapeum (Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy)
The Serapeum is not a temple but an artificail cave architecture(Grotto), which is another popular conceit of Roman villa design conctructed of concrete and featuring an unusual pumpkin shaped dome.
Reused as Fundator Quietis panel in the central passageway of the Arch of Constantine 312 - 315.
In the forground is the 16th-century Fountain of the Pantheon, including an obelisk erected by Ramesses II.
This architectural relief came from the Temple of Hadrian, Rome, Italy
Detail of the apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180
Verus, Lucius Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 130-169
Bust of Commodus in the guise of Hercules
Rededicated in 161 as the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina.
Funerary pyre of Antoninus Pius, reverse of an aureus of Marcus Aurelius
Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder
Column of Antoninus Pius (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
Decursio, Pedestal of the Column of Antoninus Pius
Head, Detail of Triumph of Marcus Aurelius
Ceiling and mural paintings, from Insula of the Painted Vaults, Room 4, Ostia
This relief was found in Isola Sacra necropolis (Ostia, Italy)
This relief was found in Isola Sacra necropolis, from tomb 100.
Burial chamber of the Tomb of the Pancratii
The stucco vault above is compositionally similar to many Third Style walls and presents an eclectic array of subjects from painted still lifes and rustic landscapes to reliefs of seahorses, lions and mythological narratives.
Man and woman in the guise of Mars and Venus
Sarcophagus with massacre of the Niobids
From a tomb outside the Porta Vimianalis, Rome.
Amphion and Niobe, right side of the Niobid sarcophogus