Imperial Rome

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0ea085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>The Humanities Exchange</B></I></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Humanities Exchange"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Available Exhibitions"><B>Available Exhibitions</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0ebd2e83.jpg"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="seminole.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seminole">Seminole</A></div> <div> <A HREF="yirrkala.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yirrkala Bark Paintings">Yirrkala Bark Paintings</A></div> <div> <A HREF="dragons.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dragons">Dragons</A></div> <div> <A HREF="marcopolo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marco Polo">Marco Polo</A></div> 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shared today by the societies and nations of its once vast empire.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>An exhibition organized Contemporanea Progetti, Florence, Italy.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Curated by Dott.ssa Giuseppina Carlotta Cianferoni of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence, with Dott.ssa Domizia Tami, the exhibition includes ceramics and terracottas, portraits and reliefs, sarcophagi and urns, bronze and marble statues, pieces created by toreutics and silversmithing, gems and cameos, jewels and glass, a suite of coins and architectural models.</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="750" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#003366 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 245 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3bf42ef0.jpg" border=0 width="322" height="239" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="347"><bR> <div> <B>During the era of Imperial Rome, from 27 BC to about the mid-3rd century, Rome was the dominant political, economic and military power of the western civilized world.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Through the display of approximately 450 artifacts, the exhibition illustrates important aspects of Roman culture, both public and private, as well as Roman artistic expression, during the time of Imperial Rome.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 268 WIDTH="329"><bR> <bR> <div> <B>During this period, Rome also achieved its utmost cultural impact affirmed throughout the larger sphere of Roman influence which encompassed a vast territory from England in the north, all of continental Europe west of the Rhine and south of the Danube, most of Asia west of the Euphrates, the coastal areas of Northern Africa and all of the Mediterranean islands.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c04ff60.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 357 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2843d5f0.jpg" border=0 width="317" height="351" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="347"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Roman Identities:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In this gallery are marble busts, chiseled cameos, coins and other objects that reveal who the Romans were and who were the Emperors.  Graphic panels provide the historical information to connect the portraits to their significance.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 447 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="28349740.jpg" border=0 width="329" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="28246b90.jpg" border=0 width="326" height="441" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 349 WIDTH="329"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Roman Religion</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This gallery  space leads beyond into the identity of the gods of Rome and the world of Roman religion, subdivided into various themes, including public ceremonies, private ritual and funeral rites.  Religion was of great importance and was a pervasive influence in roman culture and art.</B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="28547570.jpg" border=0 width="327" height="343" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 432 WIDTH="329"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Private Lives:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Roman domus is well represented in this section through archaeological artifacts, both in city dwellings and a rural villa, documenting the refinement and form of home furnishings and both the elegance and excess of Roman banquets during the Imperial age.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Other aspects such as attire, coiffure, cosmetics and medical practices are also represented.</B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="286509a0.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="410" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 501 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c13abe0.jpg" border=0 width="314" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2874cef0.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="495" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 313 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3c238330.jpg" border=0 width="312" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="347"><bR> <bR> <div> <B>Public Life</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Varied aspects of public life are documented in this section, including the theater, circus and gladiator games.  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The important subject of commercial activities is also examined and the role of Roman tabernae is reconstructed through artifacts.  The role of the Roman baths is explored as well.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 277 WIDTH="329"><bR> <div> <B>Rome and the Empire:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The final section illustrates the relationship between Rome and its Empire.  It documents military conquest and commercial traffic and the exemplary network of roads.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>An architectural model reveals the ingenuity of Roman construction of bridges and aqueducts.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Arms, armor and other related artifacts document the life of a soldier.</B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c340ec0.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 443 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>For further information please contact</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SR Howarth, Director</B></div> <div> <B>The Humanites Exchange</B></div> <div> <B>Belleair Bluffs, Florida USA</B></div> <div> 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