ARTHIST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ostia Antica, Velarium, Mount Vesuvius
10 May 2018
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Lecture 19 Roman Houses and City Planning
3/19/15
Timgad, the Roman grid plan
New city founded 100 CE
Decumanus (east-west street) and Cardo (north-south street)
Apartment buildings in Ostia Antica
Public latrines in Ostia (public restrooms with no stall)
Ostia – Rome’s port
The eruption of Vesuvius – 79 CE
Pompeii after eruption of 79 CE
Plaster casts found that were made from the cavities where human bodies once were
A Samnite city taken over by Rome
o Hippodamean plan
The Roman house
Domus
Few windows
Cistern under the impluvium (opening in the roof) that caught the rain for drinking water
Wall Paintings from Boscoreale
50-40 BCE
Aerial perspective
Wall Paintings from the House of the Vetii, Pompeii
70-79 CE
Scenes from Odyssey and Iliad
Rome imported Greek sculptors and painters
Frescoes from the house of Livia at Primaporta
Subterranean room that had frescoes of a fictional garden
Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii
First century CE
Foreshortening of the arm
Mummy portrait head, encaustic on wood
Encaustic: pigment mixed with wax
Amphitheater of Pompeii
70 BCE
Could hold 20,000 spectators
Constructed by Quinctius Valgus and Marcus Porcius
Wall painting (60-79 CE)
o Velarium: cloth structure over the amphitheater that protects audience from sun
(Unexcavated) amphitheater in Cumae
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Document Summary
Decumanus (east-west street) and cardo (north-south street) Public latrines in ostia (public restrooms with no stall) Plaster casts found that were made from the cavities where human bodies once were. A samnite city taken over by rome: hippodamean plan. Cistern under the impluvium (opening in the roof) that caught the rain for drinking water. Wall paintings from the house of the vetii, pompeii. Frescoes from the house of livia at primaporta. Subterranean room that had frescoes of a fictional garden. Constructed by quinctius valgus and marcus porcius. Wall painting (60-79 ce: velarium: cloth structure over the amphitheater that protects audience from sun (unexcavated) amphitheater in cumae. The orders: tuscan, ionic, corinthian pilasters at top level. Engaged columns that are build into the structure to support architrave. Projecting stone element: corbel: supported the poles of the velarium. Only a few free-standing columns, back columns are (cid:498)engaged(cid:499) not meant to be admired from all.
