Holiday Directive...

[caesar novus]

As a holiday gift, I offer you a fine recorded Yale university course on "Roman Architecture" http://oyc.yale.edu/history-of-art/roman-a...ntent/downloads . Available with html course materials, and audio or video. The hi res version of video may have an intimidating size (16ish gb?) but is much better than the lo res for seeing the many slides.

 

1. Introduction to Roman Architecture

2. It Takes a City: The Founding of Rome and the Beginnings of Urbanism in Italy

3. Technology and Revolution in Roman Architecture

4. Civic Life Interrupted: Nightmare and Destiny on August 24, A.D. 79

5. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii

6. Habitats at Herculaneum and Early Roman Interior Decoration

7. Gilding the Lily: Painting Palaces and Villas in the First Century A.D.

8. Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeian Walls

9. From Brick to Marble: Augustus Assembles Rome

10. Accessing Afterlife: Tombs of Roman Aristocrats, Freedmen, and Slaves

11. Notorious Nero and His Amazing Architectural Legacy

12. The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum and Contemporary Architecture in Rome

13. The Prince and the Palace: Human Made Divine on the Palatine Hill

Paper Topics: Discovering the Roman Provinces and Designing a Roman City

14. The Mother of All Forums: Civic Architecture in Rome under Trajan

15. Rome and a Villa: Hadrian's Pantheon and Tivoli Retreat

16. The Roman Way of Life and Death at Ostia, the Port of Rome

17. Bigger Is Better: The Baths of Caracalla and Other Second- and Third-Century Buildings in Rome

18. Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor's Roots in Roman North Africa

19. Baroque Extravaganzas: Rock Tombs, Fountains, and Sanctuaries in Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya

20. Roman Wine in Greek Bottles: The Rebirth of Athens

21. Making Mini Romes on the Western Frontier

22. Rome Redux: The Tetrarchic Renaissance

23. Rome of Constantine and a New Rome

 

There will be a pop quiz here next month, and I'm looking to enroll those who fail as galley slaves on my oncoming invasion of the Canary Islands. SPQR