AR104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Burglary, Bota Bag, Klismos
6 Apr 2017
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Pictured beside: courtyard of a house with fragmentary wall painting from 2nd century bce in delos. Houses often had same structural features of public buildings. Types of capitals (tops of columns): doric: most common in domestic architecture, ionic: have a fluted top, corinthian: most elaborate, must have carvings of leaves (often acanthus leaves) Not much known about domestic architecture- much information comes from vase painting and greek comedy. More evidence from hellenistic period: houses typically larger. Gender is reflected in houses: dining room was called the andron ( men"s room ) where respectable wives and daughters would not go. Larger homes sometimes had a gynaikonitis (separate suite for women), but women generally stayed in deeper parts of the house away from visiting male friends. Pictured below: hellenistic house of hermes in delos from 2nd century bce. Peristyle : open porch or colonnade surrounding a court containing an internal garden/atrium. Pictured below: atrium of the house of hermes from above.
