Though very little remains of Greek wall art and portraiture, certainly Greek sculpture and vase painting bears this out. Pliny, Ancient Rome's most important historian concerning the arts, recorded that nearly all the forms of art – sculpture, landscape, portrait painting, even genre painting – were advanced in Greek times, and in some cases, more advanced than in Rome. Stylistic eclecticism and practical application are the hallmarks of much Roman art. While the traditional view of the ancient Roman artists is that they often borrowed from, and copied Greek precedents (much of the Greek sculptures known today are in the form of Roman marble copies), more of recent analysis has indicated that Roman art is a highly creative pastiche relying heavily on Greek models but also encompassing Etruscan, native Italic, and even Egyptian visual culture. Roman coins were an important means of propaganda, and have survived in enormous numbers.įurther information: Roman Republican art A very large body of sculpture has survived from about the 1st century BC onward, though very little from before, but very little painting remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality.Īncient Roman pottery was not a luxury product, but a vast production of "fine wares" in terra sigillata were decorated with reliefs that reflected the latest taste, and provided a large group in society with stylish objects at what was evidently an affordable price. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also highly regarded. Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass are sometimes considered to be minor forms of Roman art, although they were not considered as such at the time. The art of Ancient Rome, its Republic and later Empire includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work.
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