Question

What were the innovations of Roman Architecture? Explain the significance of portrait sculpture in Roman art. Who is Juvenal, what is satire, can you name any modern satirists, why do you think they are! cite your search.

Answer 1

Answer 1:

Innovations of Roman Architecture:

Roman architecture is a part of the classical architecture that was inspired from Ancient Greeks. The inspirations from Roman architecture are still used by modern architects. Some of the innovations of Roman Architecture are highlighted as follows:

· Arches: Romans innovate arches and brought new dimensions to the building construction. They realized that arch can be more than a semi-circle. This helped them to build long bridges.

· Vaulted roofs: By implying the strengths of arches, Romans build vaulted roofs. This gave new dimension to the buildings.

· Domes: In order to cover large area by utilizing the principles of circular geometry, this Roman innovation became important element of public buildings.

· Concrete: By innovating concrete, Romans made themselves capable of building structures apart from carved stone or wood.

· Public Building and domestic architectures: Romans gave new dimensions o public accommodation. They built villas for domestic luxury. Romans also started building public buildings in order to provide entertainment, and other public activities.

Apart from above innovations some other innovations of Roman architecture are Aqueducts, the Colosseum, and bath.

Answer 2:

The significance of portrait sculpture in Roman art is highlighted as follows:

· Portrait sculptures in Roman art are high quality and unique style that expresses unusual realism that gives the impression of Roman culture.

· This portrait Roman sculptures also depicts warriors and heroes of Greeks.

· The portrait sculpture in Roman art glorifies Roman ideals in different fields like politics, military etc.

· Geometric pattern like linearity, symmetry and tendency became increasingly prominent in sculpture style after enlightening of portrait sculptures in Roman art.

Answer 3:

Juvenal is considered as one of the greatest the Roman satirists. He wrote 16 satires of different length and topics. Nothing is mentioned about Juvenal in Quintilian's history of satire. However, his satires become more famous in the late 4th century.

Satires are the Roman verse (literary genre). Satires are both personal as well as subjective. Satires give insight about social and other issues from poet’s outlook.

One modern satire was Cyril Northcote Parkinson. The reason I believe that he is a satirists is because in his work we can feel the ridicule for the system.

Reference:

Roman Portrait Sculpture by Susan Elliott Wood

Juvenal and the Satiric Genre by Frederick Jones, ‎David Taylor