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LEISURE (continued)
Forum Baths (continued)
5.1
(1903)
Apodyterium of women’s section; mosaic floor depicting Triton.
5.2
(853)
Plan of Central Baths, Pompeii. (The building was never
completed.)
5.3
(2038)
Bath accessories: strigil and oil container.
WORK
5.4
(1938)
Mill and bakery in Pompeii. Compare the design of the House of
Pansa, with its bakery area.
5.5
(1669)
Mill and bakery in Pompeii.
5.6
(284)
Mill and bakery workers.
5.7
(215)
Shop and counter, Pompeii.
5.8
(2094)
Asellina’s Tavern: entrance door to the tavern and painted sign
still visible on the façade.
5.9
(1901)
Artist’s representation of shop and counter; public fountain.
5.10
(2087)
Fullery of Stephanus, Pompeii.
5.11
(1608)
Cleaning vat in fullery of Stephanus.
5.12
(1670)
Vats in fullery of Marcus Vesonius Primus, Pompeii.
5.13
(811)
To the left of the slide is the exterior of two textile factories in
Pompeii. Graffiti in the factories indicate that the looms were on
the second floor, and the products were sold in shops on the
ground floor.
5.14
(812)
Artist’s representation of street with textile factories.
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HOUSING
5.15
(2.5)
View south towards Nocera Gate. Note the uninterrupted, solid
walls of houses. These walls were once covered with stucco and
paint.
5.16
(137)
View of Mercury St. from Tower XI looking south towards the
Arch of Caligula and the Forum. Again note the uninterrupted,
solid house walls.
5.17
(280)
Artist’s representation of a street in Pompeii, with entrances to
houses and shops. Note windows, stucco and paint.
5.18
(2088)
Exterior of House of Sallust, Pompeii.
5.19
(76)
Artist’s representation of the exterior of the House of the Tragic
Poet, Pompeii. Note the roof, and the height of the windows.
5.20
(1988)
Drawings of early style and later style Roman houses.
5.21
(437)
Plan of the House of the Surgeon, Pompeii, an early style of
Roman house.
5.22
(FH.16)
House of Sallust, Pompeii, an early style of Roman house. View
through the tablinum to the garden.
5.23
(370)
Drawing of a Roman house as seen from above. Note the atrium
and peristyle areas, and the tile roof.
5.24
(148)
Cross-section drawing of a Roman house.
5.25
(718)
Drawing of a Roman house as seen from above; later style of
house. Note the atrium and peristyle areas.
House Plans
5.26 (36)
Plan of the House of Pansa, Pompeii. Note the rented rooms, shop
and bakery areas. (N.B., the tablinum has been erroneously
labelled as “shrine,” and the vestibulum seems to extend beyond
the ianua.)
5.27
(438)
Plan of the House of the Faun, the largest house in Pompeii. Note
the two atria and the two peristyles.
5.28
(429)
Plan of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, which also had two atria.
5.29
(427)
Plan of the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii.
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5.30
(713)
Entry Ways
5.31 (1114)
Sketch of the house (or urban villa) of Loreius Tiburtinus (also
called the House of Quartio), Pompeii.
House of Loreius Tiburtinus, Pompeii: the vestibulum and janua.
Note the wall construction, remains of stucco, street pavement and
sidewalk.
5.32
(1133)
House of Pansa, Pompeii: vestibulum and fauces. View into the
atrium, with the columns of the peristyle beyond. Note the opus
quadratum corners.
5.33
(379)
House of the Faun, Pompeii: mosaic on the threshold (opus
signinum).
Latin: HAVE (=AVE).
English: “Welcome,” “Hello.”
5.34
(206)
House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii: mosaic of vestibulum.
Latin: CAVE CANEM.
English: “Beware of dog.”
5.35
(714)
Plan of the Samnite House, Herculaneum.
5.36
(1266)
Samnite House, Herculaneum: exterior wall and vestibulum (the
doors are modern). Note the stucco and paint over the opus
reticulatum facing.
Atria
5.37 (966)
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Samnite House, Herculaneum: fauces, first-style painting, Tuscan
atrium, compluvium, impluvium, opus signinum.
5.38
(1955)
House of the Vettii, Pompeii: large Tuscan atrium, with view
toward peristyle. There was no tablinum between the atrium and
the peristyle.
5.39
(FH.17)
Atrium of the House of Menander; view from peristyle to door.
Lararium in front corner of slide.
5.40
(1119)
House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii: tetrastyle atrium,
Corinthian columns, with view toward the fauces and janua. Note
the interior wall painting.
5.41
(1918)
House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii: artist’s representation of
the tetrastyle atrium, with view toward the tablinum and peristyle.
5.42
(827)
House of the Telephus Relief, Herculaneum: Corinthian atrium,
Doric columns.
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5.43
(828)
House of the Telephus Relief, Herculaneum: artist’s
representation of atrium.
5.44
(2.32)
House of the Vettii, Pompeii: lararium in the smaller atrium. Note
the lares, genius and snake.
5.45
(3.2)
House of the Faun, Pompeii: lararia located at the back of the
second peristyle.
5.46
(740)
Bronze statue of a Lar, found at Herculaneum; about one foot in
height. He is carrying a wine bucket (situla) and waving a sheaf of
wheat.
5.47
(2155)
House of the Faun: atrium, impluvium with statue of faun; view
toward the tablinum and, behind that, the peristyle. Note the
remains of pilasters at the entrance to the tablinum. Note also the
tablinum “window,” and columns of the peristyle.
5.48
(2063)
House of the Faun: artist’s representation of the atrium. Note the
first-style painting, the Tuscan atrium roof construction, the rooms
off the atrium, the alae.
5.49
(2122)
Bronze statue of the faun – close up.
5.50
(1024)
House of the Faun: tablinum; statue of the faun (in the atrium);
tablinum “window”; peristyle columns.
5.51
(1954)
House of Sallust, Pompeii: atrium, with view toward the tablinum,
and the garden area beyond (an early style house). Note pilasters
at the entrance to the tablinum; conpluvium and impluvium.
5.52
(2008)
House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii: artist’s representation of the
atrium and tablinum, with view through the tablinum “window” to
the peristyle. note the passageway (andron) leading from the
atrium to the peristyle. Note also the lararium in the peristyle,
lamps and lamp-holder, roof, ceiling and floor.
5.53
(2082)
House of Menander, Pompeii: view from the atrium into the
tablinum.
5.54
(1951)
House of Menander, Pompeii: view from the atrium into the
tablinum and peristyle beyond. (There is no tablinum “window.”)
Note the wall painting, and the paint on the column.
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5.55
(705)
House of the Wooden Partition, Herculaneum. A wooden screen
or partition, used to separate the tablinum from the atrium,
miraculously survived the destructive forces of nature and time.
Note the opus signinum floor, and the opus incertum facing on the
upper wall.
5.56
(FH 16)
House of Sallust, Pompeii: in tablinum looking back to entry way.
Note 1st style painting on wall.
5.57
(2119)
House of Pansa, Pompeii: atrium looking through tablinum to
peristyle.
Peristyles
5.58 (2121)
House of the Golden Cupids, Pompeii: peristyle. Note the Doric
columns of the portico, the fountain in the center, the dramatic
masks hanging from the portico, and the “stage” area at the rear.
5.59
(2153)
House of the Golden Cupids: peristyle.
5.60
(2120)
House of the Golden Cupids: peristyle and portico.
5.61
(1600)
House of the Vettii, Pompeii: peristyle and portico.
5.62
(1956)
House of the Vettii: peristyle. Note the Corinthian columns of the
portico.
5.63
(177)
House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii: Rhodian peristyle, Doric
columns.
5.64
(1599)
House of Menander, Pompeii: view from the rear portico of the
peristyle, looking toward the atrium area.
5.65
(2009)
House of Menander: view toward the rear of the peristyle.
5.66
(1604)
House of Venus, Pompeii: peristyle. Note the painting of Venus
at the rear of the peristyle.
5.67
(1605)
House of Venus: painting of the goddess Venus in a seashell.
5.68
(2064)
House of the Faun: view from the larger peristyle at the back of
the house (where the Doric columns and lararia are), toward the
smaller peristyle with Ionic columns. (A plan of this house is in
Module V, #27).
5.69
(1606)
House (or urban villa) of Loreius Tiburtinus (or Quartio): view
from the pergola area east toward the nymphaeum and the
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paintings of Narcissus and of Pyramus and Thisbe. To the left of
the slide is a small peristyle. (A sketch of this house is in Module
V, #30).
5.70
(1502)
Paintings of Narcissus (left) and Pyramus and Thisbe (right).
5.71
(1112)
House of Loreius Tiburtinus: view from the house to the sloping
marble-lined water channel or canal. Note the terraces, trellises
and garden.
Side Rooms
5.72 (985)
House of the Bicentennary, Herculaneum: a room off the atrium.
Note the opus incertum facing, the stucco, third-style painting, and
vertical and horizontal panels.
5.73
(2.34)
House of the Labyrinth, Pompeii: a room off the peristyle. Note
the second style painting and the vaulted ceiling.
5.74
(2.35)
House of the Labyrinth: a room (oecus) off the peristyle. Note the
second-style painting and the vaulted ceiling.
5.75
(1667)
House of Menander, Pompeii: rooms at the back of the peristyle;
painting of the Greek comic poet Menander. (See close up of
Menander at Module VI, #38).
5.76
(2080)
House of Menander: one side of peristyle containing niches.
5.77
(2030)
Kitchen and kitchenware in a Herculaneum house.
5.78
(1953)
Kitchen in a Pompeii house. Note the lararium, pot and pot stand.
5.79
(3.3)
House of the Faun: ceramic water pipes.
5.80
(1140)
House of Ephebe, Pompeii: triclinium with restored couches;
fourth-style painting.
END OF MODULE V
HOUSING CONTINUED IN MODULE VI