Roman Art

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What found interesting-

• Much of what people consider Roman art, the Roman's copied from the people they concered
• Roman's got inspired from the Greeks
• The first great classical art period began in Greece
• In the 8th century, the Greeks began to travel to farthur lands, and spread their ideas.
• The Roman style is a combination of Egypt, Greece, and Assyrian peoples
• The reason the Roman's made naked statues was because it was in style to sculp naked
• Etruscans - the people of ancient Etruria

Picture of Etruscan Gold Fibula:

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