Course: Roman Architecture
Modules:
1.1 Introduction: Roman Urbanism, 1.2 The Urban Grid and Public Architecture, 1.3 Bathing, Entertainment, and Housing in the Roman City, 1.4 Roman Tombs, Aqueducts, and the Lasting Impact of Roman Architecture
2.1 Romulus Founds Rome, 2.2 The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus, 2.3 Defensive Stone Walls and Regular Town Planning, 2.4 The Hellenization of Late Republican Temple Architecture, 2.5 The Advent of the Corinthian Order
3.1 Roman Concrete and the Revolution in Roman Architecture, 3.2 The First Experiments in Roman Concrete Construction, 3.3 Sanctuaries and the Expressive Potential of Roman Concrete Construction, 3.4 Innovations in Concrete at Rome: The Tabularium and The Theater of Marcellus, 3.5 Concrete Transforms a Mountain at Palestrina
4.1 Introduction to Pompeii and the City's History, 4.2 The Early Settlement and the Forum at Pompeii, 4.3 The Capitolium and Basilica of Pompeii, 4.4 Pompeii’s Entertainment District: The Amphitheater, Theater, and Music Hall, 4.5 Bath Complexes at Pompeii, 4.6 Daily Life and the Eruption of Vesuvius
5.1 Introduction and the Ideal Domus Italica, 5.2 Early Pompeian Houses and the Ideal Hellenized Domus, 5.3 Hellenized Houses in Pompeii, 5.4 The House of the Faun, 5.5 Additional Pompeian Houses, 5.6 Villa of the Mysteries
6.1 Introduction and the History of Herculaneum, 6.2 Houses at Herculaneum and the Samnite House, 6.3 Further Developments in Domestic Architecture at Herculaneum: The House of the Mosaic Atrium and the House of the Stags, 6.4 First Style Roman Wall Painting, 6.5 Second Style Roman Wall Painting, 6.6 Second Style Roman Wall Painting and the Family of Augustus
7.1 Introduction to Third and Fourth Style Roman Wall Painting, 7.2 Transition from Second to Third Style at Oplontis, 7.3 The Mature Third Style at Boscotrecase, 7.4 A Third Style Garden and Fabullus Paints the Domus Aurea in Rome, 7.5 Fourth Style Eclecticism and Display in Pompeii, 7.6 Scenographic Painting in Herculaneum
8.1 Initiation in the Villa of the Mysteries, 8.2 A Mystical Marriage, 8.3 The God of Wine and His Brides, 8.4 Conclusion to the Initiation Rites, 8.5 The Wanderings of Odysseus, 8.6 Genre, Historical, and Portrait Painting
9.1 From Republic to Empire: Julius Caesar, 9.2 Julius Caesar, Venus Genetrix, and the Forum Iulium, 9.3 The Ascent of Augustus and Access to Italian Marble, 9.4 Augustus Assembles His Marble City, 9.5 The Forum of Augustus and Its Links to the Greek Past, 9.6 The Ara Pacis Augustae, 9.7 Mussolini, The Meier Museum, and a Jewel on Lungotevere
10.1 Augustus' Family Mausoleum, 10.2 Etruscan Antecedents of the Mausoleum of Augustus, 10.3 The Tomb of Caecilia Metella on the Via Appia, 10.4 The Pyramidal Tomb of Gaius Cestius, 10.5 The Tomb of the Baker Eurysaces and His Wife Atistia, 10.6 Atistia's Breadbasket and Eurysaces' Achievements, 10.7 Tombs for Those of Modest Means and the Future of Concrete Architecture
11.1 Tiberius and the Villa Jovis on Capri, 11.2 Caligula and the Underground Basilica in Rome, 11.3 Claudius and the Harbor at Portus, 11.4 Claudius' Porta Maggiore in Rome, 11.5 Nero and the Domus Transitoria in Rome, 11.6 The Golden House of Nero and the Octagonal Room
12.1 The Year 68-69 and The Founding of the Flavian Dynasty, 12.2 The Claudianum or The Temple of Divine Claudius, 12.3 The Colosseum: Icon of Rome, 12.4 The Colosseum as a Post-Antique Quarry, 12.5 The Forum or Templum Pacis, 12.6 The Imperial Baths of Titus
13.1 The Jewish Wars, the Flavian Dynasty, and the Arch of Titus, 13.2 The Arch of Titus: Triumph and Tomb, 13.3 Domitian's Succession and Stadium (The Piazza Navona), 13.4 Domitian as Dominus et Deus in the Palatine Palace, 13.5 Rabirius' Architectural Innovations, 13.6 The Forum Transitorium and Incipient Baroque Architecture
14.1 Trajan Expands the Empire and Initiates Public Architecture in Rome - 7:55, 14.2 The Baths of Trajan, 14.3 The Forum of Trajan, 14.4 The Basilica Ulpia, 14.5 The Column of Trajan, 14.6 The Markets of Trajan and The Succession of Hadrian
15.1 The Temple of Venus and Roma: A Greek Temple in Rome, 15.2 The Pantheon: A Temple to All the Gods, 15.3 The Pantheon and Its Impact on Later Architecture, 15.4 Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli: Travelogue and Retreat, 15.5 Unique Designs at Hadrian's Villa and the Castel Sant' Angelo in Rome
16.1 Ostia: Rome's First Colony, 16.2 Civic Architecture in Ostia, 16.3 Transacting Business at the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, 16.4 Residential Architecture at Ostia: The Insulae, 16.5 The Warehouses of Ostia, 16.6 Painted Decoration and Mosaic Floors, 16.7 Re-emergence of the Domus at Ostia and Tombs at Isola Sacra
17.1 A Brick Tomb for Annia Regilla on the Via Appia, 17.2 Second-Century Tomb Interiors in Rome, 17.3 The Tomb Of the Caetennii in the Vatican Cemetery, 17.4 The Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder in the Roman Forum, 17.5 The New Severan Dynasty and The Parthian Arch in the Roman Forum, 17.6 Biggest Is Best: The Baths of Caracalla in Rome
18.1 Timgad: The Ideal Second-Century Colony in Roman North Africa, 18.2 Leptis Magna in the Age of Augustus, 18.3 The Augustan Theater and the Hadrianic Baths at Leptis Magna, 18.4 Septimius Severus Sheathes Leptis in Imported Marble, 18.5 The Severan Temple and Basilica, the Arch of Septimius Severus, and the Unique Hunting Baths
19.1 Baroque Architecture in the Roman Empire, 19.2 Exploring Baroque Elements in Italy, 19.3 Baroque Facadism at Petra, 19.4 The Baroque in Ancient Asia Minor, 19.5 The Theater at Sabratha, North Africa, 19.6 The Temples of Jupiter, Bacchus, and Venus in Baalbek, Lebanon
20.1 Introduction to Greek and Roman Athens, 20.2 Augustus and the Athenian Acropolis, 20.3 Agrippa's Building Program in Athens, 20.4 The Roman Agora and the Tower of the Winds, 20.5 Architecture in Athens under Hadrian, 20.6 The Monument of Philopappos on the Mouseion Hill
21.1 Roman Colonies in the West, 21.2 Urban Planning in North Italy and the South of France, 21.3 Augustan Temples at Vienne and Nimes, 21.4 The Pont du Gard and the Aqueduct at Segovia, 21.5 Augustus' Pacification of the Alpine Tribes and his Trophy at La Turbie, 21.6 Funerary and Commemorative Architecture
22.1 Crisis in the Third Century and the Aurelian Walls, 22.2 The Rise of the Tetrarchy, 22.3 The Decennial or Five-Column Monument in the Roman Forum, 22.4 The Senate House or Curia Julia, 22.5 The Baths of Diocletian, 22.6 The Palace of Diocletian at Split, 22.7 Tetrarchic Palaces Around the Empire
23.1 The End of the Tetrarchy and the Rise of Constantine the Great, 23.2 The Baths of Constantine in Rome and the Porta Nigra at Trier, 23.3 The Basilica or Aula Palatina at Trier, 23.4 The Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, 23.5 The Basilica Nova in Rome, 23.6 The Arch of Constantine and the Enduring Impact of Roman Architecture