How did the Romans go about acquiring Greek art?
Answer Hello Mendy, Although the Romans were direct descendants of the Greeks their art and architecture was not as aesthetically pleasing as Greek art and architecture. Greek art is distinguished by the depiction of living beings. It is concerned both with formal proportion and with the dynamics of action and emotion. Its main subject matter is the human figure, which may be represented by either gods or mortals, while monsters, animals, and plants were secondary themes unless they were part of the particular myth the artist was using as inspiration. The main themes of Greek art were taken from myth, literature, and daily life. Roman art during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire was practically identical with the Etruscan art of its past, however, a symbolic art instead of artistic true to form as compared to Greek art. As the Roman Empire expanded throughout Italy and the Mediterranean the Romans came into contact with other artistic traditions, notably that of Greece, which ple
