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Notes on video lecture:
The Increasing Greekification of Roman Temple Building
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on January 21, 2014 (go to class or lectures)
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Ionic, severe, coffering, Vesta, bemoaning, Corinthian, hearth, marble, Hestia, 80, 146, cella, fire, low, staircase
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Temple of            in Tivoli
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beautifully situated
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built      BC
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a round temple and temples of Vesta were round so tended to be called by scholars "Temple of Vesta"
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this is as Greek as we have gotten so far
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Greeks liked round temples
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round structure
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       base
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free-standing columns
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Temple of Vesta in Tivoli has higher podium
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                   on on side, so has a kind of facade orientation, some Etruscan characteristics
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is of the                      order, last of Greek orders
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supporting a frieze
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used concrete for the           
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Corinthian capitals
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spiral volutes
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much smaller
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acanthus plant, grow all over Italy
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while Greeks used Doric and Ionic exclusively, Romans decided that the Corinthian capital is their capital for their columns
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decorative
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looks the best from the most vantage points
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Doris order is             
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           order looks good only from certain angles
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                   of the ceiling, series of square elements to give an appearance of depth in the ceiling
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       BC, Romans had already put up a temple near the Tiber that was made entirely of marble, imported marble
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Romans were building more and more ornate temples
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some conservatives of the time were                    that the Romans had moved away from Etruscan temples of mud-brick and becoming too ostentatious
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"Let us feel that conflagration to have been the will of heaven, and its purpose not to destroy the temple of Almighty Jupiter, but to demand of us one more splendid and magnificent."
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this meant: more Greek, more Greek looking, more             , even Sulla stole 15 meter columns from Athens to rebuilt the Temple of Jupiter
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the goddess Vesta
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goddess of the             , home, and family
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symbolized by the sacred          that burned at her hearth and temples
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Greek equivalent:             
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Temple of Jupiter Anxur at Terracina
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Julius Caesar's Vision to Make Rome the Architectural Equal of Alexandria
Augustus and Luna Marble
The Forum of Augustus and the Temple of Mars
Ara Pacis Augustae
The Meier Museum and the Jewel of the Lungotevere
Tiberius' Villa Jovis on Capri
Caligula, Lighter Concrete, and the Underground Basilica
The Significance of Nero's Octagonal Room on Roman Architecture
Hadrian's Pantheon
The Flavian Amphitheater a.k.a. the Roman Colosseum
The Temple of Venus and Roma
The Arch of Titus
The 79 AD Ruins of Herculaneum
Early History of Pompeii