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1) How did the Romans make the Roman mosaics?
The direct method is to glue an individual tesserae or stone and/or glass that is a different color, on a good, supporting surface. This was good when the Romans had a three-dimensional figure, like vases. This method worked well when you are using it on something that is transportable. The bad part about this method is when the artist has a hard time controlling the evenness of the finished surface.

2) What designs did the Romans use on their pottery?
The Romans mostly painted their pottery, or maybe put lines or dots on it. Romans sometimes had heroes on their pottery. One type of fine pottery was //terra sigillata// or "red gloss". This is when the pottery gets a glossy buff with a red finish by the usage of slips. In the Western Empire in Rome, the colors of the pottery consists of the colors of brown, green, or yellow gazes when the slip colors were black, red, or brown. The term //terra nigra// was used for black glossed pottery.

3) What types of art did the Romans make?
Romans made all sorts of art. The main ones were architecture, painting sculptures, and mosaics. Others were metal-working, coin-die and gem engraving, ivory carvings, pottery, glass figurines, and mini book illustrations. Romans made wall paintings using the secco (meaning "dry") method most of the time. The characters in most Roman paintings were animals, scenes from everyday life, still life, and some mythological creatures or people. Roman sculpture has five parts to it: portraiture, sarcophagi, historical relief, funerary reliefs, and copies of ancient Greek works. Portraiture sculptures are used for Roman emperors for "propaganda purposes". History reliefs are sculptures that capture historical moments. The Romans created the dome.

4) What materials did the Romans use to make sculptures?
The Romans used porphyry, an igneous rock made up of large-grained crystals. They also used bronze instead of stone or marble.

5) What is the difference between Roman art and Greek art?
Greek sculptures were mostly a god, goddess, or hero, while Roman sculptures were mostly realistic, actual person. A sculpture with all the wrinkles and warts is most likely to be a Roman sculpture. While a Greek sculpture has a perfect face and perfect skin. The Greek used marble, while the Romans used bronze as well.