Asher. P.1 T6.

Synthesis Questions

            The painting I chose is one of the oldest paintings found in Rome on the Esquiline hill. The painting is suppose to describe history and is painted in four sections. In the left there is a city that is surrounded by walls and in front there is a large warrior equipped with a buckler and a helmet with feathers on top. Next to the warrior is a guy wearing clothes that look like a tunic, and holding a spear. In the bottom of the painting there seems to be a war going on and there’s another warrior with an oval buckler and feather helmet. This painting is supposedly referring to the victory of a fight. Through the painting we can assume that it’s about the victory of Fabius Maximus Rullianus, who was in a war against Samnites. Some warriors are a deal larger than others in the painting. I believe this is to show how powerful the warriors were in comparison to the other army. This painting also hints how society was back then because of the type of clothes and weapons. They used simple spears to fight and bucklers as shields. The clothes look like simple tunics meaning that armor was a sign of wealth almost. Religion wise, there isn’t much in this painting. Overall this painting is very unique style wise. The way the painter separated the different sections and how the warriors were bigger than others. The variations of each person made it hard to tell what the artist was trying to depict. Also the style is clearly very old compared to modern art.