"Lec 5 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii" Roman Architecture (HSAR 252) 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. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction and the Ideal Domus Italica 15:28 - Chapter 2. Early Pompeian Houses and the Ideal Hellenized Domus 25:07 - Chapter 3. Hellenized Houses in Pompeii 38:32 - Chapter 4. Chapter 4. The House of the Faun 54:00 - Chapter 5. Additional Pompeian Houses Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2009.
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Lec 1 - Introduction to Roman Architecture
Lec 2 - It Takes a City: The Founding of Rome and the Beginnings of Urbanism in Italy
Lec 3 - Technology and Revolution in Roman Architecture
Lec 4 - Civic Life Interrupted: Nightmare and Destiny on August 24, A.D. 79
Lec 6 - Habitats at Herculaneum and Early Roman Interior Decoration
Lec 7 - Gilding the Lily: Painting Palaces and Villas in the First Century A.D.
Lec 8 - Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeian Walls
Lec 9 - From Brick to Marble: Augustus Assembles Rome
Lec 10 - Accessing Afterlife: Tombs of Roman Aristocrats, Freedmen, and Slaves
Lecture 11 - Notorious Nero and His Amazing Architectural Legacy
Lec 12 - The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum and Contemporary Architecture in Rome
Lec 13 - The Prince and the Palace: Human Made Divine on the Palatine Hill
Lec 14 - The Mother of All Forums: Civic Architecture in Rome under Trajan
Lec 15 - Rome and a Villa: Hadrian's Pantheon and Tivoli Retreat
Lec 16 - The Roman Way of Life and Death at Ostia, the Port of Rome
Lec 18 - Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor's Roots in Roman North Africa
Lec 19 - Baroque Extravaganzas: Rock Tombs, Fountains, and Sanctuaries in Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya