History of Art 101 - Movie Review Example

Insert Rome (TV Series) History, architecture, and art are aspects of life that are inseparable. They have been used over time to mark progress and document inventions across history of the centuries. Elements of architecture are evident is varying forms that include the hearth (metallurgy and ceramics), carpentry works, enclosures of textiles and weaving, the mound in earthworks. The design merges with art in form by use of shapes, lines color, and texture. The TV series Rome was based on the ancient Rome and thus feature elements of architecture and art from then.

In the entire progression of the film, the Roman Empire, soldiers, and the society cultural activities are depicted. The most evident elements include the Baths of Caracalla and the matching of soldiers led by the eagle ‘king of the sky’ curved or molded from metal The town setting built and developed with aspects of the Trajans Column, Circus Maximus and Curia Hostilia (Senate House) was always utilized to pass laws and decision to the military activities. The ancient assembly bell is featured as an art and architectural piece, which sermons people to Verona Arena an architectural element, where announcements were made (Veronus).

Winding stairs in ancient Rome was common especially in Villas and Domus. The series uses Alyscamps in its development of the war activities between Rome and France. Daily activities are full of ancient civilization approaches and feature the Roman watermill, Antonine Wall in Scotland and Limes Germanicus in the military soldier activities of the day. The Rome series opens with soldier going out to defend the kingdom with their eagle mess always before them. In the film, the soldiers; Titus Pullo and Lucius Veronus spend time in the Domus that winds up with stairs and small window openings light the rooms (Veronus).

The Titus Pullo and Lucius Veronus appear in one scene being in Egypt when in an incident of war, their fellow soldiers were killed and decided to escape. Art and architecture brought out in scenes in the right mix of the ancient setting of the movie. Together with clothing and the color, mixes specifically red for the soldiers, brown for the protagonists, white for inhabitants of the empire leadership housing.Works CitedRome. Dir. John Milius and William J. MacDonald Bruno Heller. Perf. Titus Pullo and Lucius Veronus. 2005.