the roman house Flashcards

1
Q

the _____ or the atrium house, was an _____ class house

poor people lived in small _____

the atrium house was expensive because of its _____ in comparison to the amount of ______ in rome

A

domus

apartments

size, space

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2
Q

the atrium house is names after the _______

A

atrium

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3
Q

the narrow hallway in a domus is called the _____

it is surrounded by two ______

had these at the front of their house so when poor people asked for favours they could _____ stuff

A

throat

shops
buy

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4
Q

the atrium

Center room with an _____ roof , mainly a ______ area
Where the owner of the house had a ______ - would wait for people to ______ him

A

open, social

chair, visit

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5
Q

to get to the atrium

They would have to pass by the ____, and through the ____

A

pool, wings

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6
Q

the wings are also known as the _______

held anything relating to the ______

A

impluvium

family (eg masks, arts etc)

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7
Q

the bedrooms were very _____
were ______ during the day for something else

A

small

repurposed

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8
Q

the _______ was open but could be sealed off during the day (no doors)

no work here during the way

A

study

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9
Q

the ______ was where people wpuld dine

had ____ in a c shape

the larger the gatherings got, the more little ____s were added facing eachother so that everyone could mingle

A

triclimium

beds, beds

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10
Q

the _______ (garden) became not a vegetable garden but a garden with pretty ______ were you could chill wit your friends

A

peristyle

plants:)

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11
Q

Bathrooms were ______ ______ in bedrooms

No ______ really - the unlabeled room was the _______ where the slaves worked

Anything else was kept in that little unlabeled square

A

chamber pots

kitchen, kitchen

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12
Q

All of the labelled areas were very ______
When the man of the house left, sometimes the bedroom would b used for other things

furnitue was expensive but ______

A

fluid

portable

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13
Q

the _____ came over time, after renovations

it was a covered porch

A

peristyle

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14
Q

the ______ got bigger and bigger

A

atrium

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15
Q

Anthorpoligists called the roman houses “the _______ house” as the upper class roman wanted you to look inot his house at how _______ it has, and other things like friends that showed their status

A

crowded

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16
Q

The high status areas didnt have the most colour, but the most _______ colours which were ____ _____ and _____

A

expensive
red yellow and bacl

17
Q

differentiate between Fresco Buono vs Fresco Secco

A

Secco - paint on a dry wall

Bono - putting mortar on a wall, applying paint into the mortar
Since they used lime- the pain bonded with it and became part of the wall

18
Q

what was the first style of painting walls

A

Painting walls to make them too like marble blocks turning into repetitive basic geometric shapes

19
Q

what was the second stly eof painting walls

A

sections of the wall looking as if they’re windows looking out to the city
Wall with fake pillars - illusions that you’re looking out to a temple with vegetation around it

20
Q

what was the third tyle of painting walls

A

similar to 2nd but fantastical/unrealistic
Pillars become thin and decor is no longer realistic

21
Q

what was th fourth style of painting walls

A

elaborates on 3rd, still have architecture along with full scale portraits in the wal with gods and goddesses and scenes of plenty
Also cupid in many of them
Many scenes of sex