CLAS 3P22 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pater Familias, Portico, Impluvium
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Roman domestic architecture: historical and literary evidence (strabo, cicero, archaeological evidence- where, why? (bay of naples) Non elites in urban areas lived in an insula (insulae)- apartment building. Tradition- house of sallust: 3rd c bce, 1st c remodeled into an inn. Hellenistic: 2nd c bce, colonnaded peristyles, copies of greek statues, decorations- painting and mosaics with greek influence. Peristyle: columns- open room with open space held up by columns, formalized, large area. House of the silver wedding: tetrastyle atrium (largest in pompeii, built 2nd c bce, oecus- banquets hall (octagonal columns) House of the labyrinth: built 2nd c bce- remodeled many times, 2 atriums- tuscan and tetrastyle, peristyle garden, private bath suite (hardly anyone had one of these, corinthian oecus (banquet hall- 1st c bce) Social aspects of the domus: not focused on privacy, reflect social standing and the paterfamilias. Deliberately designed for the performance of social rituals (wallace hadrill-
