HSAR 252: Roman Architecture
Lecture 05 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii. Professor Kleiner discusses domestic architecture at Pompeii from its beginnings in the fourth and third centuries B.C. to the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
She describes the plan of the ideal domus italica and features two residences that conform to that layout. She then presents the so-called Hellenized domus that incorporates elements of Greek domestic architecture, especially the peristyle court with
columns. The primary example is the famous House of the Faun with its tetrastyle atrium, double peristyles, and floor mosaic of the battle between Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia at Issus, a Roman copy of an original Greek painting.
She concludes by highlighting the suburban Villa of the Mysteries and notes the distinction between plans of Roman houses and those of Roman villas.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
Lecture 05 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii |
Time | Lecture Chapters |
[00:00:00] | 1. Introduction and the Ideal Domus Italica |
[00:15:28] | 2. Early Pompeian Houses and the Ideal Hellenized Domus |
[00:25:07] | 3. Hellenized Houses in Pompeii |
[00:38:32] | 4. The House of the Faun |
[00:54:00] | 5. Additional Pompeian Houses |
[01:05:59] | 6. Villa of the Mysteries |
References |
Lecture 5 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii Instructor: Professor Diana E. E. Kleiner. Resources: Lecture 5 - List of Monuments and Credits [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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