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How was Roman art different from Greek art?

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The Romans greatly admired the art and architecture of Greece, as well as many of their ideas. Roman art is not really the same as Greek art, but the Romans did copy the Greeks. One notable copy is the column. The Greeks used solid marble 'drums' to build their columns, the Romans built theirs with brick, faced with cement to resemble the Greek columns.
.Roman art is more naturalistic and less stylized then Greek art. Greeks were most interested in idealism
Romans were more interested in realism.

Romans used mosaics as a common decoration.

Greeks were most interested in idealism. apex

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