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C O U R S E
Roman Architecture
Diana Kleiner, Yale University
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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Bathing, Entertainment, and Housing in Roman Cities Notes taken on February 3, 2014 by Edward Tanguay |
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every Roman city had its bath buildings
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houses did not have running water, so bath buildings were extremely important, obviously
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most cities had at least one, ancient Pompei seems to have had three
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these bath buildings responded to both a practical and social need
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bath houses were also interesting for their architectural experiments
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baths buildings had multiple spaces in them
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men and women's section separate and the men had the better rooms: bigger and more ornate
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holes in ceiling to create light effects
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baths of Carcalla
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very huge, now only remains
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baths of Diocletian
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was still used in modern times
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reuse over the centuries is the reason many buildings survived
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part of it was transformed into a church
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transformed the frigidarium
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decorated at one point in part by Michelangelo
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vaults used to lift the ceilings
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Théâtre antique d'Orange
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in Orange, France
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Greeks always built theaters on hillsides to support the seating area
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true in Orange as well
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but Romans built theaters anywhere using concrete to build the seating area
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Colosseum
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no Roman city was without its theater for gladiatorial and animal combat
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animals kept down below
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many buildings in Rome were used from the stone from the Colosseum
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connecting all Roman cities were streets
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sidewalks have drains
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rut marks for wheels of carts
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Pompeii and Herculaneum
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ovens and bakery ovens
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wine sops
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thermopolium: ancient restaurants with ready-to-eat food
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Roman house
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House of the Vedii, in Pompeii
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well preserved
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marble furniture
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paintings
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often depict buildings
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we see experimentation in painting before we see it in architecture
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Ostia
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port of Rome
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second century Roman city
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concrete face with brick
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commercial city, congested, not as wealthy
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not single story house but apartment houses with multiple stories
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villas
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Hadrian's villa at Tivoli
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a microcosm of the Empire of that time
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Roman, Egyptian and Greek statues