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Architecture and Interior Design: An Integrated History to the Present

First Edition

Chapter 6

Rome

510 – 60 B.C.E., Roman Republic 96 – 80 B.C.E., Height of The Roman Empire

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Rome

Assimilates cultures & ideas from her vast empire

Adapts to Roman tastes

Architecture, interiors, furniture, decorative arts establish language & grammar of classicism along with Greece

Copied by subsequent generations

First to use arch, vault, & concrete extensively

Material culture more diverse, embellished, & monumental than Greece

Greater influence on Western civilization

Concepts

Distinctly different art than Egypt or Greece

Lacks Egyptian timelessness or Greek search for perfection

Assimilates diverse influences, cultures, ideas

Aggressive interpretation, lavish form & decoration

Art glorifies Roman empire, commemorates exploits, unifies conquered peoples

Few known artists or architects

Borrow & synthesize from other cultures

Especially Etruscans & Greece

Invent own Roman classical language & forms

Characteristics and Motifs

Republican (510-60 B.C.E): strong Greek influence

Arched construction, mastery of concrete for buildings

Early Imperial/Early Empire (60 B.C.E.-285 C.E.)

Arched & concrete construction, new building types

Late Imperial/Late Empire (285-395 C.E.) interiors important

Explore relationships among different sizes & shapes

Large-scale building campaigns, reuse of materials

Motifs: Human figure, acanthus, rinceau, guilloche, rosette, swan, eagle, monopodium, lion, oxen, sphinx, griffin, arabesque, wave pattern, laurel wreath, festoon, fret, laurel wreath

6.1

Motifs and Architectural Details: Top left: acanthus leaf with rosettes; Top right: vase and motifs; Lower from left: rinceau from Pompeii; mosaic from Pompeii; structure, Theater of Marcellus, 23-13 B.C.E. Rome.

Architecture

Synthesis of adopted forms & Roman innovations

Temples from Etruscans; orders & classical elements from Greece

Roman classicism more lavish & grand than Greek

History: new, developing technologies, sure construction

Emphasis on volume & space; spatial innovation unique

Engineering abilities: concrete; arches, vaults, domes

Greater variety of building types than Egypt, Greece

Temples, basilicas, baths, theaters, aqueducts

Imperial palaces, villas, domus, insulae

Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius

6.2

Tuscan order. Rome.

Long Description:

The diameter of the ovolo is 7 over 6 degrees. The gap between the left end of the ovolo to the wash is 2 over 6. The diameter of the Tenia is 5 over 6 degrees. The diameter of the plinth is 8 over 6 degrees. The label of the thin horizontal bar on top reads as 1 over 16. The vertical scale on the right reads as 1 over 2 D (marked on top and bottom) and 1 over 16 in the center.

6.3

Roman Ionic Order with detail, 437-432 B.C.E. Rome.

6.4

Roman Corinthian order with capital and Corinthian capital. Ephesus, Turkey.

6.5

Roman Composite Order.

6.6

Maison Carée and floor plan, c. 1-10 C.E., Nîmes, France. Rome.

6.7

Forum, Basilica, and Market of Trajan (reconstructed 19th-century view), c. 100-12 c.e.; Rome, Italy. Rome.

6.8a

Pantheon, 118-125 C.E.; Rome Italy. Rome

6.8 (1 of 2)

Pantheon, section, 118-125 C.E.; Rome Italy. Rome

6.8 (2 of 2)

Pantheon interior and floor plan, 118-125 C.E. Rome, Italy. Rome.

[Interior, Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.]

6.9

Basilica of Maxentius, plan and sections, c. 308-312 C.E.; Rome, Italy, Rome.

Long Description:

The transverse section depicts the arch entries, traditional design detail on the upper wall, and slope roof. The longitudinal section depicts the arch entries and designs on the wall and windows. The plan depicts the interior floor plan of the Basilica of Maxentius. The scale for all illustrations is 100 feet to 1 inch.

6.10

Baths of Caracalla (reconstructed drawing of frigidarium), 212-216 C.E., Rome, Italy. Rome

6.11

Colosseum and detail, c. 72-80 C.E.; Rome, Italy. Rome.

6.12

Insula (reconstructed view), 2nd century C.E., Ostia, Italy. Rome.

6.13

Floor plan, House of Pansa, 1st century, C.E.; Pompeii, Italy. Rome.

Interiors

Surviving public & private interiors

Private mainly from Pompeii & Herculaneum

Domestic interiors more known than Egypt or Greece

Interior decoration lavish & varied

Luxurious to utilitarian in scale & treatment

Architectural details (columns, niches, moldings) mainly in public buildings

Floors: brick, marble mosaics

Walls: painted or mosaics

Few furnishings

6.15

Atrium (reconstructed drawing. Rome

6.16

Wall frescoes, c. 50 C.E.; Pompeii, Italy. Third Style Fresco. Rome.

6.17

Cubiculum from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, c. 40-30 b.c.e.; Boscoreale, near Pompeii, Italy.

6.18

Lighting: Lamp stands and Pompeiian lamp. Rome.

Long Description:

The first stand has cabriole legs, a central base, shaft, and capital held lamps. The second stand has curved legs, a human sculpture on the column, and arms holding the lamps. The third stand has curved root like legs, tree like columns, and branches holding the hangers for lamps.

Furnishings and Decorative Arts

Survivals, show in wall paintings, sculpture, tombs

Greek furniture forms adapted to Roman tastes

More comfortable & ornamented

Forms & shapes similar across Empire

Luxury pieces: large scale, grand proportions

Sophisticated construction

Types: seating, tables, storage, beds

Innovations: couch with a back, barrel-shaped tub chair, distinctive table forms

6.20

Sella curulis (X-form stool). Rome.

6.21

Tripod tables. Rome.

6.22

Table with monopodia (lion) legs. Rome.

6.23

Couch. Rome.

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