Spartacus was a movie based on the Roman Republic. The movie displays a realistic version of the time period and artworks from that time are portrayed in great detail as it was very accurate all throughout this film.
In the beginning of the movie, you can see the slavery aspect of the ancient Roman time period come to be as the Roman soldiers were all wearing gladiator helmets they were beating the slaves. The outfits the Roman soldiers were wearing were portrayed very accurately as the sculpture “The Augustus of Primaporta” had matched up to the soldiers in the movie with a very similar look, as the dominant empire color red stuck out on their clothes. Also, very noticeable from the start is an early example of marble head sculptures like the one you can see of a woman displayed in one of the houses in the background of the main scene which reflects a famous sculpture of Antonius Pius. Many sculptures were brought to life during this time in Rome, as contrapposto was on the rise in sculptures artists were making a lot more of them, during the movie you can see a sculpture with this technique in the background.
Spartacus is a movie depicting specifically the struggle of fighting and the glory that comes out of being a true gladiator. The movie portrayed the gladiators and armor that they wore almost perfectly making it seem like It was actually real and almost not a movie as the gladiator’s costumes were pinpoint accurate and precise with detail. The armor shined and the helmets where designed perfectly giving off a powerful look. The Roman Empire was famous for the dedication and will to build amazing structures as their architectures were precise and taken deep into consideration with great pride. In the movie, you can see in the background an example of a bridge with arches holding it up, which shows the geometrical symmetry in the structure. During the movie, the buildings are portrayed as typical ancient Rome structures, with the big white pillars and the look of higher status. As leaders tend to ride horses as shown in many ancient Roman sculptures, the movie nicely depicted the same way in the movie as examples are shown a lot. The movie has done a good job of incorporating fresco paintings in the background of scenes which is a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster or ceilings. The fresco painting in the movie has a similar touch to it and is portrayed extremely well as it reminds the typical viewer of the fresco “Garden from Villa of Livia” as it had multiple corresponding colors and looks that are accurately the same.
All together Spartacus the movie did well portraying the roman empire accurately displayed the artwork techniques and the structures of the time of the Roman Empire. Starting from the gladiators and armor to the fresco paintings and sculptures to the precise bridges and pillars in front of the buildings. The Roman empire was accurately displayed as the gladiators, scenery, and artworks were all depicted specifically.
