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To What Extent Did Greek Influence Roman Art

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The Greeks had great influence over Roman art and architecture. The romans took Greek ideas and modified and incorporated them. The romans adapted Grecian columns but added a separate base and ornamentation. They liked Corinthian columns because of their extravagant designs. The romans also used the Greek technique for pottery. Sculptors and painters used Greek art as a model, however the Romans focused more on the realistic than the Greek idealistic. Greeks tended to sculpt the perfect human form to make it godlike, where as roman artist made more lifelike portraits to celebrate their leaders and important events. The Romans also commissioned versions of Greek works. An example of this would be Roman versions of Greek figurines of Doryphoros
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