CLA233H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Laurentum, Multiple Choice, Peristyle
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Hose layout (difference between 3rd century bce and later 2nd-1st century bce houses) Activities in daily life (class and status) Necropolis resembles a city of the dead. Rise in sarcophagus use: roman sarcophagus, early empire, 100-120 bce. Domus members of household and physical house where their members lived. Vesuvius in 79 ce eyewitness account by pliny the younger about pliny the elder. 1st century bce author of de architectura interested in propoertional aspects of roman house layout of the house is important because it controls how people can enter + showing off wealth or hiding certain areas. Cubiculum to recline: not necessarily bedroom: library, weaving room. Hortus garden: placed in the back, scenic, open ceiling. Peristyle 2nd century bc rise in fame: somewhat replaces hortus, best example comes from house of the faun. Bronze faun statue in front of the house. Has two atrium: terastyle (temple) atrium + tuscan atrium. Has multiple peristyles with one completely replacing a hortus.
