Open AccessMovements and Views. Some Observations on the Organization of Space in Roman Domestic Architecture from the Late Republic to Early Medieval Times
Author(s) -
J. Rasmus Brandt
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2611-3686
pISSN - 0065-0900
DOI - 10.5617/acta.5707
Subject(s) - elite , architecture , period (music) , movement (music) , relation (database) , space (punctuation) , spatial organization , social organization , ancient history , history , geography , art , sociology , archaeology , aesthetics , computer science , political science , law , anthropology , database , politics , operating system , ecology , biology
The atrium and the central peristyle house are two basic types in Roman domestic architecture. They can be followed from the sixth/fifth centuries BC to the fifth/sixth centuries AD, the second type overlapping the first in the early Imperial period. In both types of houses two recurring and related ordering principles in the organization of spaces can be observed: movement patterns and visual axes. While the use of the visual, or “deep-view” axis appears to be modified over the centuries in relation to the manipulation of social self-advertisement performed by the elite, the architecturally conditioned movement patterns appear to remain constant.