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Hist12797 Architectural HistoryAncient RomeThe Authority of Competence
“The Shaping of Space was the essence of Roman Architecture” Leland Roth, Understanding Architecture
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=9056
Discover Ancient Rome in Google Earthhttp://earth.google.com/rome
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Founding of RomeCities in north and central Italy were settled
by various tribes including the Etruscans, who gave the Romans their engineering ability and their religious practices
In 753 BC, Rome was founded by Romulus, who was one of 7 kings.
In 509, the Republic was declared in the names of the people and the senate“SPQR”
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The Hills of Rome Rome was a
small city on the Tiber River which flooded often. Various tribes claimed the hills until a way was found to drain the swamps between them.
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Roman engineering built defensive walls, bridges, sewers and roads so that the city could grow regionally. Aqueducts brought water from the Appenine Mountains
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Timeline – Rome Three stagesRule of the early kings The Republic The Empire
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100 BC-350 AD
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The Romans 1
Inherently pragmatic and realistic (unlike the speculative and idealistic Greeks), the Romans produced an abundance of engineers and builders
They had sharp logical minds that excelled in making laws, engineering feats and administering territories (after they conquered them, usually by war)
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The Good Roman
They practiced a rigid morality, served the state, had unimpeachable honor, and strived for a physical and spiritual asceticism.
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The Good Roman
A driving compulsion to spread the benefits of Roman law and republican governance to the rest of the world and spreading Romanitas = the sum of Roman values and culture
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The RomansThey had a sense of ingrained discipline, -
“gravitas” - patriotic responsibility and serious purpose
A sense of the importance of matters at hand, a propensity for austerity, conservatism and a deep respect for tradition
Endeavored to achieve universality and a clearly perceivable order in all of life
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Senatus PopulusQue Romanus "The Senate and the People of Rome"
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Roman Religion
Religion was centered in the home, the domus. Originally animistic – trees, rocks, water and the fire of the hearth, they adopted the Etruscan pantheon of Greek-like gods
Developed detailed rituals in worship carried out by priests who had little contact with the public
Ordinary Romans made offerings to the numina, the spirits of the home shrines
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Roman ArchitectureThey borrowed many of the external
trappings of Greek architecture but theirs was an architecture of space, enclosed internal space and outdoor space, on a grand scale
Much of the best Roman architecture was built during the reigns of Augustus, the Flavians, and the Five Good Emperors
The city is the basic constituent element
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Imperial Forum like a Greek Stoa
Not sited in response to the natural environment but as a planned space enclosed by architecture
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Forum Romanum
A colonnaded stoa along both sides of a great rectangular square, closing the vista with a Temple to Mars: a series of geometric shapes with contrived views and vistas
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Roman EngineeringA network of roads that spanned the empire
and a water supply/aqueducts and drainage for the cities
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Aqueduct, Segovia, Spain
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Pont du Gard Aqueduct, Nimes, France 14 AD
1.8m x 1.2m Water conduit @ gradient 0.4%
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Roadway
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Roman EngineeringAqueducts supplied running water to homes,
public lavatories and baths with hot and cold pools
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Latrines in the Baths of Ephesus
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Public Lavatories in Dougga, Tunisia 3rd century AD
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Baths of Caracalla Rome
212–216 AD
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Baths of Caracalla
Frigidarium
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Roman Theatre, Orange, France
Unusual, in that it is built into the hillside like a Greek theatre
Romans wanted more than just drama; they needed a new form for their circuses and amphitheatres
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Flavian Amphitheatre: Colosseum
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Colosseum: 280 arches on three levels
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Greek orders on the facade:Doric on the Ground floorIonic on the Second floorCorinthian on the Third floor and on the top storey pilasters
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ColosseumSectional Views
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Roman Colosseum construction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO1NQy4oyJsShea Stadium, New YorkColosseum, Rome
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Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
Bigger than the ParthenonComposite Order: Corinthian and IonicEngaged Columns
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Arch of Constantine Rome
- Erected to commemorate victories - Often site at the entrance to a forum- structure not based on
columns so could useforms decoratively
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Roman crane
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Arch of Constantine
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El-Deir (Monastery) Temple, Petra JordanA most attractive architectural whimsy:
a miniature round temple between the sides of two broken pediments
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Building an ArchThe Romans had no inhibitions
about putting other’s knowledge to work ... to improving everyday life
From arch to vault to groin vault to dome
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Roman use of “Caementum”
Pozzolana – best substance for concrete-making from red volcanic soil near Naples
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The Pantheon: Plan and Aerial Viewpan = All theism = religions
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The Pantheon by Emperor Hadrian Temple to all gods
- built 120 – 124 AD- 143 ft / 43.5 m
diameter domeWalls 23 ft / 7 mVarying weight
Concrete Coffered ceilingsBronze doors
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Pantheon: Portico
Reconstruction
Classic Greek temple pediment
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The Pantheon
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Insulae (Apartment Blocks) & Offices in Ostia [Rome’s harbour City]
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Insulae
3-4 storeys Shop fronts Collapsed
easily Subject to fire
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Pompeii
Networks of streets forming irregular rectangles, becomingmore regular as the cities expanded
forum
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Street ViewsPompeii
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Street View & Residential District Overview
Pompeii,
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House of Pansa, PompeiiPlan and Section
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House of Vetti, Pompeii
Plan, Garden View and Interior
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Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, ItalyOpulent apartments +
gardens
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Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, ItalySeven miles of gardens, pavilions,
palaces, baths, theatres and temples
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Diocletian’s PalaceSplit, Yugoslavia
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Basilica Maxentius, 306-325 AD
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Ruins
Reconstruction
Basilica of Maxentius
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Basilica Ulpia: Plan
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Basilica Ulpia
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In Conclusion: Roman Architecture
Roman buildings addressed the problems of the present, not the mysteries of the hereafter.
They were visually and intellectually comprehensible, composed of parts that had recognizable proportional relationships and clear connections.
They combined the elegance of detail and refinement of form of Greece with the pragmatic functionalism, civic scale and sense of power of Rome.