The Colosseum. The construction of Colosseum
was began in 72 A.D. it was a gift to the
Roman people from Emperor Vespasian of
the Flavian dynasty.
Colosseum was opened in 80 A.D. by Titus son of
a Vespasian.
The original name was Flavian
Amphitheatre. The first games were 100
days long. After four centuries of
active use arena felt into neglect and up
until the 18th century it was used as a
source of building materials. The
Colosseum was the biggest amphitheatre in
the ancient Rome word.
It is 188 meters length 156 meters wide
and 57 meters high. The theater was
spectacular even from the outside with
monumental open arcades on each of the
first three floors presenting statue-
filled arches. The first floor carried
Doric columns the second Ionic and the
third level Corinthian. The building has
80 entrances, 76 of these were numbered
and tickets were sold for each, two
entrances were used by the gladiators,
the final two doors were used by the
Emperor.
The total capacity of Colosseum was
approximately 45,000 seated and 5,000
standing spectaculars.
On the top of the building roof
platforms sailors were employed to
manage the large awning velarium which
protected the spectators from rain
or sunshine. The audience could watch
here gladiator combats, hats, wild
animal fight and large combats such as
mock naval engagements. (the arena was
flooded with water this time) The
Colosseum name came from Colossus of Nero
which was a 30 meters high bronze statue
next the amphitheatre.
My next drawing will be an aqueduct from
Spain. Mark Cartwright says on the ancient.eu
site "In antiquity aqueducts were
means to transport water from one place
to another, achieving a regular and
controlled water supply to a place which
would not otherwise have received
sufficient water to meet basic needs
such as irrigation of food crops
and drinking fountains. They may take
the form of underground tunnels, networks of
surface channels and canals, covered
bay pipes or monumental bridges. Romans
weren't the first who made aqueducts.
The earliest aqueduct that concrete 2000
B.C. Minoan civilization built these.
Mesopotamia and Mycenae had got similar
water system in the 14th century B.C.
I'm drawing the famous bridge in Segovia
in Spain. It is an real perspective
challenge. I have to draw arches
bearers closer and closer to each other.
I have to look after where the horizon
is.
When I finish the contour of
one arch I'm adding after it a darker
tone. This bridge is
 going through in the city.
-and here are some stones
and I will draw the city in the
background soon. Top off on these
arches it is the water tunnel.
Here will be the city in the
background -it is just schematic- not to
concrete.
Okay and here will be more
arches.
I'm giving to arches some extra self
shadows.
Here is the horizon.
I1m adding some extra dark to the ground and
it is ready.
