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Roman Art  Roman art grows out of Etruscan art. Etruscan art is a lot like Greek art. It looked a lot like Greek art because, the Etruscan’s admired Greek art. Roman art as a type of its own gets going around 500 BC. Many people like sculptures of a famous people in their homes. There were two main groups, tradesmen and craft workers. Craft workers would decorate buildings and homes. Tradesmen had more important jobs ,they were potters who formed cups, plates , and pots made out of clay. Sculptors would make models out of gods, goddesses , and famous people out of clay. They would use them to decora te towns.

 A lot of people in Ancient Rome believed that, somebody’s face is important to keep their ghost happy after they have died so they would not haunt them. Around 200 BC, Romans started conquering Greece , and it changed Roman art styles a lot. Traditional Roman sculptures are 5 different groups. Portraiture, historical relief, funerary reliefs, sarcophagi, and copies of ancient Greek works. Roman sculpture was heavily influenced by Greek examples, in particular their bronzes.

