Module 4 Roman Art and Architecture

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What You’ll Learn To Do: Examine and identify Etruscan art.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory1-91/chapter/module-8-overview/

What You’ll Learn To Do: Examine and identify Ancient Roman art.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory1-91/chapter/module-9-overview/

Next to the Greeks, The Roman Empire provided the western tradition in art and architecture, the greatest achievements that has influenced our way of living.

There is a saying, “All Roads Lead to Rome”.

Actually it should read, “All Roads Lead From Rome”. When you visit Paris, or London, or even Washington, D.C., you are standing in a city created by the Roman Empire.

In this chapter, we will study Roman art, and architecture, and see how it has influenced the western tradition.