the roman house Flashcards
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
domus
apartments
size, space
the atrium house is names after the _______
atrium
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
throat
shops
buy
the atrium
Center room with an _____ roof , mainly a ______ area
Where the owner of the house had a ______ - would wait for people to ______ him
open, social
chair, visit
to get to the atrium
They would have to pass by the ____, and through the ____
pool, wings
the wings are also known as the _______
held anything relating to the ______
impluvium
family (eg masks, arts etc)
the bedrooms were very _____
were ______ during the day for something else
small
repurposed
the _______ was open but could be sealed off during the day (no doors)
no work here during the way
study
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
triclimium
beds, beds
the _______ (garden) became not a vegetable garden but a garden with pretty ______ were you could chill wit your friends
peristyle
plants:)
Bathrooms were ______ ______ in bedrooms
No ______ really - the unlabeled room was the _______ where the slaves worked
Anything else was kept in that little unlabeled square
chamber pots
kitchen, kitchen
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 ______
fluid
portable
the _____ came over time, after renovations
it was a covered porch
peristyle
the ______ got bigger and bigger
atrium
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
crowded
The high status areas didnt have the most colour, but the most _______ colours which were ____ _____ and _____
expensive
red yellow and bacl
differentiate between Fresco Buono vs Fresco Secco
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
what was the first style of painting walls
Painting walls to make them too like marble blocks turning into repetitive basic geometric shapes
what was the second stly eof painting walls
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
what was the third tyle of painting walls
similar to 2nd but fantastical/unrealistic
Pillars become thin and decor is no longer realistic
what was th fourth style of painting walls
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
