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CHAPTER 6
HUMANITIES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ETUSCANS | TRIBES WHO OCCUPIED NORTH & CENTRAL ITALY, KNOWN BY ITS TERRA COTTA SCULPTURES & FESTIVE TOMB PAINTINGS |
| MOSAIC | PIECES OF TESSERAE SET TO CREATE GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS (CREATED WITH PEBBLES, STONE, OR MARBLE) |
| REPUBLIC | GOVERNMENT "OF THE PEOPLE"; WITH AN AGRICULTURE POPULATION, POWER CLASS OF LARGE LANDOWNERS, SMALLER LANDOWNERS, & KNOWN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARMY |
| OCULUC | OPENING OR "EYE" THAT ADMITS LIGHT & AIR |
| ATRIUM | A CENTRAL COURTYARD WITH POOL FEED BY RAINWATER |
| ROTUNDA | ROUND BUILDING |
| PASTORAL | HAVING TO DO WITH NATURE; PERTAINING TO THE COUNTRY TO SHEPHARDS; SIMPLE RURAL LIFE |
| VAULTS | BACK TO BACK ARCHES MADE IT BARREL, & 2 BARRELS MAKE IT A GROIN |
| MARCUS AURELUIS | BRONZE ORINGINAL EQUESTRIAN SCULPTURE OF HIM ADDRESSING HIS TROOPS |
| PANTHEON | "TEMPLE TO ALL GODS" WOTH DOME & OCULUS; MOST INFLUENTIAL BUILDING FROM ROMAN TIMES INSPIRING EVEN THOMAS JEFFERSON'S DESIGN OF "THE ROTUNDA" AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA |
| ORATORY | PUBLIC SPEAKING |
| AUGUSTUS | PORTRAYED IN A REALISTIC STYLE OF SCULPTURE; AS IMPERIAL PORTRAITURE FOR PROPAGANDA |
| BASILICA | RECTANGULAR FORM OR "COLONNADED ALL USED FOR PUBLIC ASSEMBLY"; OFTEN WITH NAVE & APSE |
| COLOSSEUM | HUDE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATER HOLDING 50,000 PEOPLE & USED TO ENTERTAIN THE MASSES |
| SARCOPHAGUS CERVETERI | COFFIN REALISTICLLY CAPTURES IN SCULPTURE FROM A MAN & HIS WIFE IN TERRA COTTA |
| SENECA | "ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND"; ABOUT PEACE OF MIND; WRITTEN BY ONE OF ROME'S "NOTED PLAYWRITE & ESSAYIST" |
| DOME | CONCRET MADE THESE FORMS POSSIBLE; BEST EXAMPLE IS THE TOP OF THE PANTHEON |
| VIRGIL | EPIC POET WHO WROTE THE "AENEID" TO GLORIFY THE ROMAN IDEA & AENEAS ROMAN'S LEGENDARY FOUNDER |
| ARCH | HAVING STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGES; THE KNOWLEDGE INHERITED FROM THE ETRUSCANS, THIS FORM ALLOWED FOR GREAT VOLUMES OF UNINTERRUPTED SPACE |
| STOICISM | A PHILOSOPHY; ROMAN SENSE OF DUTY |
| ARCH OF TITUS | SINGLE ARCHED "TRIUMPHAL" MONUMENT THAT WAS DEDICATED A ROMAN LEADER |
| AQUEDUCTS | A CONCRETE BRIDGE OF ARCHES TO CARRY WATER; AN EXAMPLE IS THE "PORT DU GARD" |
| COLUMN OF TRAJAN | COMMERATIVE MONUMENT WITH FIGURATIVERELIEF DECORATION THAT SPIRALS UPWARDS (TOPPED TODAY WITH A SCULPTURE OF ST. PETER) |
| FORUM | ROME'S "CENTER CITY" CONTAINING TEMPLES, BATHS, & PUBLIC BUILDINGS & MARKETS FOR THE POPULATION |
| ROMAN CONTRIBUTIONS | LAW, ROMAN CIVIC DUTY, REALISTICPORTRAITS, CONSTRUCTIONS TECHNIQUES, CONCRETE, USE OF ARCH, & CITY PLANNING |
| CICERO | IN HIS ELOQUENT PROSE STYLE, HIS ESSAY "ON DUTY" CONSIDERS "PUBLIC SERVICE THE NOBELEST OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES" |
| NICHE | THESE WERE SEMI-CIRCULAR AREAS DESIGNED TO HOLD STATUES OR SCULPTURES |
| HORACE | POET WHO USED COMMON INSIGHT OF "SATIRE" IN SUCH SUBJECTS AS CIVIL WAR |
| POMPEII | COVERED BY MT. VESUVIUS ERUPTION IN 79 CE, WHICH PRESERVED THIS REPUBLICAN CITY, INCLUDING ITS PAINTINGS |
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