Greek sculpture influenced the Romans from the 2nd century BC. Prominent 1st century BC and 1st century AD Romans such as Cicero and Pliny the Elder greatly admired the innovative work of classical Greek sculpture artists, such as Polykleitos. However, the Romans did not produce much sculpture based on the classical Greek model. Their sculpture was predominantly portraiture (see below) until , from the 1st century AD, the Romans adopted Hellenistic sculpture, which took sculpture to a different level, as a model for their own sculpture.
Prior to the influence of Greek sculpture, Roman sculpture was portraiture sculpture (busts). Their portraiture sculpture is regarded as the best sculpture of this kind ever produced.
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Like Greek architecture, Roman buildings often made use of pediments and columns
Greek and Roman mythology influenced renaissance, baroque and neoclassical sculpture and renaissance and baroque painting, which sometimes used classical mythology themes as their subjects. European literature also sometimes took up themes from classical mythology.
The renaissance was a rebirth of interest in the classics (the Greeks and Romans). Painting, sculpture and architecture were inspired by them and the reading of classical literature was fashionable. Greek philosophy has always been influential in western Europe. It influenced the Romans, the Catholic Church and scholars in the Middle Ages and beyond. It has been said that the history of European philosophy until the 19th century was like a continuous rewriting of Plato. For centuries the study of the classic was standard in the education of the European elites.
The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.
Figures are carved in high relief with deep undercutting.
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