L17 - Art and Luxury of Living

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Cards (15)

  • What buildings and artworks give us evidence from what the Hellenistic Greeks and the Romans considered luxury living?
    Nature (gardens), artworks, water, fountains.
  • This is the ground plan of a courtyard of...
    Title: Palace at Pella
    Place: Macedonia
    Medium: marble (threshold)
    Style: doric courtyard, ionic piers
  • The Palace at Pella—what parts did it contain? How was it organized?

    A, M1-3: andrones, space for men only
    A-G: suite
    Th: tholos, round temple of Herakles
    Pr1-3: anterooms, waiting rooms
  • This is a reconstruction of...
    ...the Villa of Papyri, in Herculaneum.
  • What artworks does the Villa of the Papyri contain?
    Dancers, Herm of the Doryphoros, drunken stayr, runners, sappho(?)
  • This is the ground plan of...
    ...the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum.
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Dancers of Danaids
    Medium: bronze
    Place: Villa of Papyri (square peristyle)
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Herm of the Doryphoros
    Place: Villa of the Papyri
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Statue of a drunken Satyr
    Place: Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum
  • Recognize the artwork:
    Title: Runners
    Date: 1st century BCE
    Medium: bronze
    Place: Villa of the Papyri
  • Recognize the artwork:
    Title: Bust of a woman (Sapho?)
    Place: Villa of the Papyri
  • Recognize the artwork:
    Title: Room M
    Date: 50-40 BCE
    Medium: fresco
    Parts: theater mask, shield, Temple of Hekate, peristyle, tholos
    Place: Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale
  • Recognize the artwork:
    Title: Wall paintings of Room H (great hall)
    Date: 50-40 BCE
    Medium: frescoes
    Place: Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale
  • What are the 5 frescoes on Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor about?
    1. a philosopher contemplates
    2. Macedonia's rule over Asia
    3. kithara player serenades, servant girl watched
    4. royal couple
    5. woman with a shield
  • What are the parts of the Roman House?
    • atrium, open central court with pool in the middle
    • tablinum, room on one side of the atrium, opposite to the entrance
    • peristyle, columns surround the perimeter
    • exedre, semicircular platform