Roman Art + Architecture (General)

[Restitvtvs]

(Updated 08 Aug 2009)

Here are some Roman (and other) art & architecture website & webpage links. Discussions about Roman art & architecture, references, websites, artists, etc. are encouraged in this thread.

Roman art & architecture websites & webpages:
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/a ... ments.html
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/a ... ments.html
http://jfbradu.free.fr/mosaiques/quests ... nne1b.html (in French, easy to navigate)
http://kunsthistorie.com/galleri/ (in Norwegian)
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/
http://sights.seindal.dk/
http://www.aeria.phil.uni-erlangen.de/p ... bene1.html
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/se ... anced.html (searchable)
http://www.arteguias.com/romano.htm
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/ ... rames.html (scattered)
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wl ... 1.html#rom
http://www.earlymedievalart.com/ (mostly Late Roman, Germanic Kingdoms, & Eastern Roman / Byzantine)
http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dealvariis/ (added 08 Aug 2009)
http://www.lateantiquity.dk/
http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/dbcourses/search.cgi (searchable)
http://www.romeartlover.it/
http://www.romecity.it/Introduzionearoma.htm
http://www.storiadellarte.com/ (in Italian)
http://www.stuardtclarkesrome.com/
http://www.thais.it/

[Restitvtvs]

Roman to Romanesque art and architectural history:

http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/a ... ments.html

http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/a ... ments.html

[Restitvtvs]

http://jfbradu.free.fr/mosaiques/quests ... nne1b.html (in French, easy to navigate)

[Restitvtvs]

Another very nice ancient art and architecture image collection:

http://130.65.200.14/PRT994

276 images. Roman images start around record #81.

[Restitvtvs]

One of the best Roman art & architecture image collections:

http://www.aeria.phil.uni-erlangen.de/p ... bene1.html

You can check the many linked webpages and/or use their search engine.

[Restitvtvs]

Very nice overviews:

http://www.arteguias.com/romano.htm

[sulla felix]

Ave Restitutus,

Great links - very useful. Laudes to you

[Restitvtvs]

Ave Sulla & thank you very much for the laudes.

A particularly good Roman (and other ancient) art website link:

http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/dbcourses/search.cgi (searchable)

Not so easily navigated, but well worth the effort. Many images are available in two sizes.

[Theodosius the Great]

Thanks for the links, Amit.

You know, if there's one building that represents the culmination of Roman art and architecture I think beyond doubt it would be the Church of the Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia, in Constantinople. I just learned from a TV program that the church is the largest building the Romans ever erected in their 1,000-plus year history. It supercede's all the great baths in Rome : the baths of Trajan, Caracalla, Diocletian, etc..

It incorporates all the architectural methods pioneered by the Romans such as arches, domes, etc... Not to mention mosaics adorning the interior which later emperors continued adding their own. And the building still stands today baring some scars from the post-Iconoclast period and the Turkish conquest but we can still view it.

~Theo

[Restitvtvs]

Constantine: Thank you for your kind comment. It's a pleasure to find & share this information. I'll continue adding links as time permits. So much beauty around the world; so little time to create, share & enjoy.

Yes, Hagia Sophia is particularly special, from its creation & with so many changes over 17 centuries. It was the world's largest cathedral for almost 1,000 years. So much beauty.

Related item:

Another Roman art website. Mostly Late Roman Empire, Germanic Kingdoms, and Eastern Roman / Byzantine Empire. Much good content & many links.

[Restitvtvs]

Alvaro de Alvariis' great collection of "Rome yesterday, Rome today" photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dealvariis/ ) ) ) )

Thousands of images: drawings, engravings, etchings, paintings, photographs (ground and aerial) from medieval times to present.

You'll see structures Roman period (and later) structures and infrastructure aging, deterioration, burial, excavation, renovation, adaptation, conversion, covering, uncovering, etc.

An amazing collection. Much work, much love, of people and their works.

[Restitvtvs]

Very good Rome to Pompeii photo set by Nick Thompson.

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Mostly Classical Roman to Early Medieval Italian.