The Uses Of Art And Architecture In Pompeiian Villas

Pompeii attracted many people before Mount Vesuvius “froze” the city in time for over a thousand years. In the eighth century BC, Pompeii was for wealthy vacationers who came for the sun and scenery. By the first century AD, Pompeii was for Rome’s most dignified and noble citizens. Pompeii had luxurious houses and paved roads. Daily life included relaxing in the thermal bathhouses which were good for the body and were great social atmospheres. In addition, people spent their days going to the amphitheater to watch gladiator shows and going to the market and town squares. Citizens who lived in Pompeii owned and worked in factories, artisan shops, taverns, cafés and more.

Good morning Ms Lewis and class, today I’ll be speaking to you about Pompeii. Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in the southern Italy’s Campanian region which was home to about 20,000 people. It was both a busy port and an important centre for business. Once a striving and sophisticated Roman city, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the city, killing its inhabitants and burying it under tons of ash.

In ancient Pompeii, there were many important establishments in the Forum. It was seen as the primal hub of the town, and due to the busy trading nature, a commercial centre for exchanging foreign goods was a necessity. However in Herculaneum, being a quiet fishing village, the structure of the Forum would have been very different to that of Pompeii.

Then we view the sculptures of the Boar and Hunting Dogs which were originally in the garden of a home in a city in the Bay of Naples. We also view the large fresco of the Garden Scene (see Fig. 2), which feels like a time warp back in time to Pompeii. The Garden Scene displays the beauty of nature with the various plants and birds present, and the two heads hanging on posts seem to be looking out to the viewer and protecting the garden. After the garden pieces we then are welcomed to the indoors of the Bay of Naples’ homes.

Pompeii was a City in Italy which overall has a great significance in Roman culture. Pompeii was not famous for its rise or its rule but its destruction. Pompeii was a picture perfect world full of culture and rich history, It was destroyed in AD 79 by a Volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius. It was a symbol of Roman culture and has a great influence on the future even though it existed so long ago.

Historians have debated the nature of Pompeian economy – whether it was based on agriculture or trade. Some see the Roman empire in modern terms as one vast single market where demand drove up prices and productivity stimulated trade to a never before seen level (residue of pollution can be found in Greenland’s ice-cap and the many ship wrecks indicating the large volume of sea borne traffic). Other historians see Roman economy as ‘primitive’ based primarily on agriculture and the main aim of any community was to feed itself, with trade as the icing on the cake (based on the risky and costly sea travel, lack of banking system, social mores for respectability being against trade and laws

In 79 AD Pompeii, a city of architectural triumphs, was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. The volcano’s eruption ended Pompeiian civilization and for a long time it was thought to have destroyed the city. However in 1748 the city’s ruins were rediscovered and Italy made quick work of excavating the site. The city retained much of it’s former beauty even after it’s destruction making it an immediate tourist trap. Despite the hours of work my parents put into planning our Italian adventure, my brother and I had our own plans. My parents expected this and planned for it but my brother and I are overachievers of a sort. We fought constantly throughout the first week, but it was in no way comparable to our day-trip to Pompeii.

When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. many people were killed from the volcanic eruption. Archeologists believe that 12,000 people lived in Pompeii and 2,000 remains have been found. Scientists and archaeologists along with the European governments want to find out more of how they lived and died. “Pompeii may soon attract even more visitors. An ambitious $125 million effort sponsored by the European Union and the Italian government is unlocking more secrets of the city” (Brown pg. 19). The governments wanted to find all of the hidden secrets.

In the Pompeiian one of the known streets have a doorway to Roman houses there’s no grass or garden. The house faces the streets. The streets of the Roman road can be very disgusting because horses would poop in the middle of the street and also people would throw their human waste in the street so there was stepping stones to get them to the middle of the street so pedestrians to step on to get them to other side of the street.

The Roman city Pompeii has provided history with many artifacts, scriptures, and mythology from the First Century c.e. The components of life from this time period have become the building blocks of today’s modern society. The great empires have provided the base for government, military, and industrialization. It has also provided the basic composition of roles a man and woman will play in the hierarchy and structures of early society. Exploring the artwork’s landscape, portraits, and scenes will provide a better understanding of the roles of sexes and the superiority of men in Pompeii’s socioeconomic and religious culture.

Art and architecture consist the expression of society’s ethos and moral character; they function as its mirrors. Especially during times of crisis, change or instability, they reflect the state of its values. When we look back in Rome in 27 BCE, the time when Augustus Caesar founded the Roman Principate and became its first emperor, art served as one of his media to first claim, then establish and finally stabilize his domination. As Paul Zanker comments “rarely has art been pressed into the service of political power so directly as in the Age of Augustus” .

Pompeii was like a normal Roman city. In Pompeii house are most 2 stories or 1 stories high. Most house have beds, chairs, tables, cupboards, tables, and couches. People in Pompeii got job as a baker, a dentist, a weaver, a barber, a boot maker, a sandal makers, a metal smith, and a gem cutter. Lots jewelry was made out of gemstones and gold that made it a lot of money. The people of Pompeii did not have movie they watch plays. Women weren't allowed to play in all plays they allowed women to act in plays called Pantomimes. The people of Pompeii don’t play sports they fight to the death for entertainment.

Pompeii is located just miles from the volcano. When it erupted, both Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum. Shrieks of Pompeians came from the city. 2,000 people died. Although, there were 20,000 people living in Pompeii. That means that 18,000 people had time to flee, while others didn’t. A cast of a woman hugging her baby was found. There was also a guard dog with a collar. It was really heartbreaking.

One eruption will take out thousands of lives. Because of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 AD . Keep reading to find out how Pompeii’s people lived before the disaster. Daily life in Pompeii was very similar in several ways like today.

The five principles of architecture that Le Corbusier proposed in 1923 can be noted in, not only Le Corbusier’s work, but also in other modern architecture, because each principle contributes to the overall aesthetic of the building, as well as providing a functional use. However, all five principles don’t have to be incorporated into one design, which is what this essay will explore. It will attempt to show that one principle can prevail over the other four, but all five are needed to create a full representation of Le Corbusier’s envision of architecture. This is shown through Le Corbusier’s villas, specifically the Villa Shodhan and this essay will analyse how the principles contrast against one another. Furthermore, a small scale design project will be created alongside the essay in an attempt to produce a unique villa through the embodiment of Le Corbusier’s five principles of architecture. Through further analysis of the Villa Shodhan I will also argue that not all principles are independent and that some principles can function efficiently without the rest. Nonetheless, Le Corbusier’s most renowned villa, Villa Savoye, utilizes all five principles; therefore, it is the most accurate image of Le Corbusier’s five principles of architecture. However, after this villa had been completed it became clear that the flat roof, which served a domestic purpose as a roof garden had failed