"Lec 9 - From Brick to Marble: Augustus Assembles Rome" Roman Architecture (HSAR 252) Professor Kleiner discusses the transformation of Rome by its first emperor, Augustus, who claimed to have found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. The conversion was made possible by the exploitation of new marble quarries at Luna (modern Carrara) on the northwest coast of Italy. The lecture surveys the end of the Roman Republic and the inauguration of the Principate and analyzes the Forum of Julius Caesar and the Forum of Augustus. Professor Kleiner shines a spotlight on Caesar's attempt to link himself to his divine ancestress Venus Genetrix and on Augustus' appropriations of Greek caryatids and other decorative motifs that associate his era with the Golden Age of Periclean Athens. Finally, she analyzes the Ara Pacis Augustae, a monument commissioned upon Augustus' return to Rome after achieving diplomatic victories in Spain and Gaul, and serving as the Luna marble embodiment of the emperor's new hegemonic empire. 00:00 - Chapter 1. From Republic to Empire: Julius Caesar 08:39 - Chapter 2. Julius Caesar, Venus Genetrix, and the Forum Iulium 20:43 - Chapter 3. The Ascent of Augustus and Access to Italian Marble 32:43 - Chapter 4. Augustus Assembles His Marble City 44:01 - Chapter 5. The Forum of Augustus and Its Links to the Greek Past 54:03 - Chapter 6. The Ara Pacis Augustae 01:05:32 - Chapter 7. Mussolini, The Meier Museum, and a Jewel on Lungotevere 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 5 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii
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 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