Roman Art

Here is a web page I found about Roman art:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/art/index.htm

Roman art wass basic on Etruscan, so it was similar as Greek art. The time Roman art really developed as its own type is 500BC, which was also the time of the beginning of the Roman Republic. Romans liked the portraiture particularly, and they focused on the reality of a statue. Furthermore, many of the Romans believed that having a good image of someone's face was important to keep its spirit happy and the spirit wouldn't haunt you after the owner died.

Around 200BC, Romans started conquering Greece, and their styles of art changed a lot because of that. When the Roman sodiers was marching through Greece, they saw a lot of Greek art in the temples, cemetaries, public squares and people's houses. They thought Greek art is better than their own's. Therefore, they wanted to learn some of it whatever it was. They brought some artistic productions and even some sculptors as slaves.










This is a statue of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the man generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome.