Museum Virtual Tour Vatican
Roman Art and Architecture
Overview
Two interactive assinments to accompany a section on the Roman World
Roman Architecture and Art
This Lesson accompanies the section form the class text on “The Roman World” (Ch 26 Sec. 2)[1]
Watch this 10 minute video on the Roman Colosseum
Answer the following questions. (15 Points total 5 points per question)
1. Why and when did the Colosseum get its name? Does it have a different one? What is it?
2. Why was the Colosseum built? By whom?
3. List three events that took place at the Colosseum, along with the time of day the events were held.
Go to the Vatican museum website and move around the virtual tours page, select at least 4 rooms out of the 18 available online. Pay attention to the art styles used in each room along with the subjects and medium used. Each student will choose to create their own mosaic or mural art piece. You will not be graded on the artistic skill of the piece, but effort in it needs to be seen. Your subject does not have to be one that the Romans would have used, but they do need to be in those categories. Such as: a person or a landscape. The idea is to use the Roman art style to create something that is meaningful to you.
Rubric for Roman art project: 30 points total
15 points Presence of Roman Art Elements
15 points Creativity and Effort
Vatican virtual tour webpage: http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.1.html