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9781472485953

Space, Movement, and Visibility in Pompeian Houses / Michael Anderson

Publication year: 2023

ISBN: 9781472485953

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Examines the pivotal role of movement, visibility, and experience within Pompeian houses as a major factor determining house form; the use of space; and the manner, meaning, and modalities of domestic daily life, through the application of GIS-based analysis. Through close consideration of ancient literature, detailed explanations of methodology, and exploration of results, Michael Anderson provides new perspectives on Pompeian domestic space including room types and household activities that rarely feature in the discussion of ancient housing. Readers gain a better understanding of priorities in the design of Pompeian houses, the degree to which daily life was interrupted by earthquake damage in the site’s final years, and evolving motivations behind wall painting decoration. The volume not only explores how Pompeian houses reflected the needs of everyday life as imagined by their architects, but also how these spaces served to influence and control daily activities and ultimately how they were transformed by the spatial and visual requirements of domestic life.


Subject: Architecture, Built Environment, Architecture, Domestic, Architecture, Domestic Italy Pompeii (Extinct city), Buildings, Domestic space, Domestic space Italy Pompeii (Extinct city), Italy Pompeii (Extinct city), Pompeii (Extinct city) Buildings, structures, etc, Architectural History, Urban History,