CLAS 151gp Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Pentheus, Grotto, Sperlonga
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Inluence on renaissance - seen in michelozzo"s medici palace. Domus transitoria (house of where it crosses, crosses the forum) Built by nero, but burned down in the ire of 64 ce o. July 18-27: of rome"s 14 regions, 3 were wiped out and 10 were severely damaged. Center of the city was hit hardest (circus maximus, palaine, oppian) Built on the palaine, crosses the forum by the arch of titus. Fragments are in the temple of venus and rome: domed chamber drawing. Ornately decorated with colored glass, marble, mosaics. Architectural freelow of space, play between linear forms (curves, straight lines) Dramaic use of lighing (could come in from diferent angles through the oculus to illuminate diferent parts of the chamber) Baroque architecture - highly ornate, emphasis on curved lines and dramaic use of light: nymphaeum - fountain (on the palaine) Marble iled courtyard, some kind of fountain was installed.
