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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 Tabularium and Theater of Marcellus Notes taken on January 29, 2014 by Edward Tanguay |
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Tabularium
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78 BC
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used to house the state archives at that time
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by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (120BC–77BC)
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situated on the north side the Roman Forum, on the south side of the Capitoline Hill
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today the Tabularium is only accessible from within the Capitoline Museum, but affords an excellent panoramic view over the Forum
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Michelangelo, when building the Senatorial Palace on Capitoline Hill, did what is so often done by Roman architects, incorporated the Tabularium into the palace, made it the back wall of his palace
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made out of concrete
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decided not to use Opus Incertum
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used cut tufa stone
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columns for pure decoration
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you can go inside the Tabularium
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corridors
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panoramic window down over the Roman Forum
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ramps and steps
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goal was to vary the experience as you walk through the building
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predetermined paths through a building
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Theater of Marcellus
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13 BC
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Augustus put it up under great grief that Marcellus, his nephew, died
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main reason the building has survived is that it was reusedover time
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as a fortress in Middle Ages
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as a palace in the Renaissance
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as a condominium today
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in the Jewish ghetto area of Rome
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Temple of Apollo outside it
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Roman theater components
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cavea: seatings
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decided into wedge-shaped sections, cuneus [koo-NAY-us]
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scaenae frons: main building of theater
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Greek theaters were prototype
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Greeks built them on hillsides
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Romans were more urban in their theater building
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used concrete to build artificial hill
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made of concrete faced with stone
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travertine
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more expensive from Tivoli
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ashlar blocks of stone
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arcades interspersed by decorative columns
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Doric for first story, Ionic for second story
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probably third was corinthian (like on Colloseum)
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in building
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barrel vault
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travertine piers
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annular vaults, same annular vaults used in Colloseum
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compared to Greek theaters
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differences
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Greek: round orchestra, Roman: semi-circle
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Greek: on hilltops, Romans: on hills made out of concrete