Private Architecture Review

Plan of a Typical Roman House Unlike Americans with their front lawns exposed to the world Romans are different; they are all about constructing privacy. City life was boisterous, loud, and lets not forget to mention dangerous. So, the only way for the Romans to construct their OWN privacy and enjoy their gardens was to build walls. The walls therefore gave them a sense of peace where the could sit in their peristyle garden and enjoy nature without being disturbed by city life. Atrium- a large space with a shallow pool or cistern for catching rain water Tablinum- where the head of the household conferred with clients – opened onto a peristyle Portico- a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers usually attatched to a building as a porch Plan of a Typical Roman House

Pompeii: House of the Silver Wedding, atrium from view of tablinum

Pompeii: House of M. Frontus, atrium

Taj Mahal, Agra, India Mughal period 1632-1648

Shoin Design **be able to identify all the different parts, like tatami, tokonoma, fusuma, shoji

Shoin Design **be able to identify all the different parts, like tatami, tokonoma, fusuma, shoji

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Characteristics of Rococo: According to Gardner, Rococo appeared in France around 1700, primarily as a style of interior design (780). Shells and shell forms are the principal motifs in Rococo ornament Expect irregular painted shapes surmounted by sculpture (imagine a painted surface with a white, sculpted putto on top). Painting, architecture, and sculpture will combine to form a single ensemble, (see Francois de Cuvillies, Hall of Mirrors, the Amalienburg, Nymphenburg Palace park, Munich Germany, early 18th century). Expect soft colors; themes of love and happy scenes in outdoor settings a putto Hall of Mirrors