THE IBERIAN & ROMAN ARTIN SPAIN

THE IBERIAN ART

When “Second Iron Age”

From V to III Century BC

IBERIANS

CELTS

GREEKS

PHOENICIANS

CARTAGINIANS

• Different cultures…

Funerary Monuments (Pozo Moro en M.A.N.)

SCULPTURE

Religious - funerary sculpture

Sanctuaries

CARACHTERISTICS

Polichrome sandstone From S.V to Roman conquest Mainly seated or standing females (Goddess? Priestess?) Familiar groups Males: heads or busts, warriors Bulls, lions & griffins

CARACHTERISTICSBulls, lions & griffins For protection

CARACHTERISTICSBulls, lions & griffins

II Century BC Priestess? Geometrical clothes Hieratism

LADY OF CERRO DE LOS SANTOS

LADY OF BAZA

Policrome grey stone A hole for ashes at the right

side Small bird in one hand

(life after death?)

Coiffure or hat with pearls Huge earings Various necklaces Greek influence IV Century BC

Polichrome sandstone IV Century BC Complex headdress Funerary statue? (has an

apperture in the rear for ashes) Strong Greek influence

LADY OF ELCHE

Maybe part of a seated statue?

Maybe part of a seated statue?

56 cm

ROMAN ART

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

•Functionalism and Pragmatism

•Systematic use of arch and vault

•Monumental proportions

•Decorative art is associated to architecture

•Stone, brick or mortar of concrete

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

•Functionalism and Pragmatism

•Systematic use of arch and vault

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Functionalism and Pragmatism

Stone, brick or mortar of concrete

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

•Monumental proportions: they express Greatness of Rome

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Decorative art is associated to architecture:mosaics and frescoes

ROMAN ARCHITECTUREUse of Greek orders -Ionic, Doric and

Corinthianplus two new orders: Tuscan and Composed

Tuscan Doric Ionic CorinthianComposed

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE•Religious architecture

•Tombs

•Urban architecture

•Works of engineering

•Buildings for public spectacles

•Commemorative buildings

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

•Religious architecture

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Tombs

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Works of engineering

Acueduct of Segovia II c BCthe most artistic and

monumental engineering work from Roman History.

•More than 15 kilometers from Fuenfría Springs

•It’s 29 meters high

Granite stone- roughly carved and placed in a dry way (without mortar)

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Works of engineering

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Buildings for public spectacles

ROMAN SCULPTURE

•Marble and Bronze

•Realistic

•Portraits

•Reliefs decorating buildings

ROMAN SCULPTURE

•Marble

•Realistic

•Portrait

ROMAN SCULPTURE

•Marble

•Realistic

•Portraits

ROMAN MOSAICSIn their domestic architecture and in the places of worship.

ROMAN MOSAICS2 main styles:

Opus tesselatum. Small cubes (1 cm) of different colors

ROMAN MOSAICS

2 main styles:

Opus vermiculatum. Smaller pieces (1-5 mm) to imitate the work of painters.