The Hellenic Republic: Cultural Sculpture
The Hellenic Republic: Cultural Sculpture In the past, most sculptors were paid by the temples to decorate the involved columns and archways with renderings of the gods, however as the period came to a close it became more accepted for sculptors to portray regular people as well because many Greeks had begun to think of their institution as superstitious rather than sacred. Portraiture, which would be acknowledged by the Romans upon their annexation of Greek civilization became customary as well, and thriving family members would often commission a rendering of their forebears to be placed in immense familial tombs. A time of artistic progression, the use of sculpture and alternate art forms morphed during the Greek Classical period, so it is not entirely accurate to assume that the arts provided only one function. Greek sculpture is probably attractive to us at present as it was an avant-garde experiment in the ancient world, so it does not make a difference whether or not its original purpose was religious zeal or artistic pleasure.Water Transport Strategies in Ancient Rome
Water Transport Strategies in Ancient Rome
With the construction of the first raised aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, people who lived on the city’s foothills no longer had to be dependent entirely on naturally-occurring spring water for their demands. When aqueducts or springs weren’t available, people dwelling at higher elevations turned to water drawn from underground or rainwater, which was made possible by wells and cisterns. From the beginning of the sixteenth century, water was routed to Pincian Hill by using the underground channel of Acqua Vergine. Pozzi, or manholes, were constructed at standard intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. Although they were originally manufactured to make it possible to support the aqueduct, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi started using the manholes to accumulate water from the channel, opening when he bought the property in 1543. It appears that, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t good enough to satisfy his needs. Thankfully, the aqueduct sat directly below his property, and he had a shaft established to give him accessibility.