Roman Art in Modern Life: Masks

Above left, Roman tragedy and comedy masks, and above right halloween masks.

The ancient Romans used masks in plays, to depict the character more accurately than with just acting. Today, we also use masks to appear as someone that we're not, usually on Halloween.

Noa

Sources Cited:

"Roman Masks." Commons.wikipedia.org. Wikipedia, 28 Sept. 2009. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. .

Santa Barbara County Education Office. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. .

Editors of Publications International. "Halloween Masks." HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works!Web. 20 Oct. 2009. .

Roman Art in Modern Life: The Sarcophagus

Above left is Abraham Lincoln's sarcophagus and to the right, is an ancient Roman sarcophagus.

Sarcophagus's, stone coffins, were used both in ancient day Rome and now. While sarcophagi were made more for the the wealthy than the middle or poor classes, they were one of the most common forms of burial. In our modern day society, sarcophagi are used rarely, most often for people of great stature and importance, such as Abraham Lincoln.

Noa

Sources Cited:

Administrator. "High-Resolution PTM of Large Objects." Visual Computing Lab. Http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=199&Itemid=48, 19 July 2006. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. .

Frysinger, Galen R. "Lincoln's Tomb." Travel Photos of Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. .

Roman Art in Modern Life: Sculptures

Sculptures are a very prominent and significant form of art used in ancient Roman times and today. Although the Greeks were the first to create statues based on realistic forms, the Romans adopted that style and used it often. The Statue of Liberty, is a very popular sculpture from modern times. The statue has the face of Lady Liberty and her robes are made realistically like the actually folds of a dress. The Romans were also very precise in their sculptures, such as their intricate facial expressions and the lines of the body. The picture above portrays the Statue of Liberty in New York.

I used World History: Medieval and Early Modern Times.

World History: Medieval and Early Modern Times. Mc Dougall Littell, 2006. Print

Picture source:

Digital image. Destination 360. Destination 360, 2009. Web. 16 Oct. 2009. .

Beverley

Roman Art in Modern Life: Mosaics

The name of my source is World History: Medieval and Early Modern Times. The publication information is: World History: Medieval and Early Modern Times. McDougal Littell, 2006. Print.

Parrot Mosaic:

Digital image. ILM Projects. Ilmkids.com.

Web. 11 Oct. 2009.

http://www.revelationmosaic.com/non_flash_images.html

The mosaic to the right depicts how Roman art has evolved over time, from earthy tiles to our own colorful tiles. The mosaic to the the left is a Jewish Roman mosaic from Tunisia depicting the personification of Roma. However, the ideas are still the same. Making art out of many small, colored pieces of tiles or pieces of glass. The Romans originally used mosaics for floor art and are still found in churches and government buildings around the world.

Roman Mosaic:
Digital image. About.com:Archaeology. New York Times, 2009. Web. 11 Oct. 2009.

<http://archaelology.about.com/od/romanempire/ss/paradise.htm>.

~Beverley