DISQO
Architecture
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Roman ArchitectureTeacher: disqoThis course is an introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including... |
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Introduction to Roman ArchitectureTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner introduces the wide variety of Roman buildings covered in the course and links them with the theme of Roman urbanism. The lecture ranges from early Roman stone construction to... |
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It Takes a City: The Founding of Rome and the Beginnings of Urbanism in ItalyTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner traces the evolution of Roman architecture from its beginnings in the eight-century B.C. Iron Age through the late Republican period. The lecture features traditional Roman... |
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Technology and Revolution in Roman ArchitectureTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses the revolution in Roman architecture resulting from the widespread adoption of concrete in the late second and first centuries B.C. She contrasts what she calls... |
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Civic Life Interrupted: Nightmare and Destiny on August 24, A.D. 79Teacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner explores the civic, commercial, and religious buildings of Pompeii, an overview made possible only because of an historical happenstance--the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.... |
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at PompeiiTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses domestic architecture at Pompeii from its beginnings in the fourth and third centuries B.C. to the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79. She describes the plan of the ideal... |
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Habitats at Herculaneum and Early Roman Interior DecorationTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses domestic architecture at Herculaneum and the First and Second Styles of Roman wall painting. The lecture begins with an introduction to the history of the city of... |
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Gilding the Lily: Painting Palaces and Villas in the First Century A.D.Teacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses the development of Third Style Roman wall painting in late first century B.C. villas belonging to the imperial family and other elite patrons. Third Style painting, as... |
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Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeian WallsTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses special subjects in Roman wall painting that do not fall within the four architectural styles but were nonetheless inserted into their wall schemes: mythological... |
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From Brick to Marble: Augustus Assembles RomeTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses the transformation of Rome by its first emperor, Augustus, who claimed to have found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. The conversion was made possible... |
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Accessing Afterlife: Tombs of Roman Aristocrats, Freedmen, and SlavesTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner explores sepulchral architecture in Rome commissioned by the emperor, aristocrats, successful professionals, and former slaves during the age of Augustus. Unlike most civic and... |
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Notorious Nero and His Amazing Architectural LegacyTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner features the architecture of Augustus' successors, the Julio-Claudian emperors, whose dynasty lasted half a century (A.D. 14-68). She first presents Tiberius' magnificent Villa... |
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The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum and Contemporary Architecture in RomeTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner features the tumultuous year of 68-69 when Rome had four competing emperors. Vespasian emerged the victor, founded the Flavian dynasty, and was succeeded by his sons, Titus and... |
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The Prince and the Palace: Human Made Divine on the Palatine HillTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner investigates the major architectural commissions of the emperor Domitian, the last Flavian emperor. She begins with the Arch of Titus, erected after Titus' death by his brother... |
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The Mother of All Forums: Civic Architecture in Rome under TrajanTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner analyzes the major public architectural commissions of the emperor Trajan in Rome. Distinguished by their remarkably ambitious scale, these buildings mimic Trajan's expansion of... |
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Rome and a Villa: Hadrian's Pantheon and Tivoli RetreatTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner features the architecture built in and around Rome during the reign of Hadrian. The lecture begins with the Temple of Venus and Roma, a Greek-style temple constructed near the... |
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The Roman Way of Life and Death at Ostia, the Port of RomeTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner focuses on Ostia, the port of Rome, characterized by its multi-storied residential buildings and its widespread use of brick-faced concrete. She begins with the city's public... |
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Bigger Is Better: The Baths of Caracalla and Other Second- and Third-Century Buildings in RomeTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses the increasing size of Roman architecture in the second and third centuries A.D. as an example of a "bigger is better" philosophy. She begins with an overview of tomb... |
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Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor's Roots in Roman North AfricaTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner discusses two Roman cities in North Africa: Timgad and Leptis Magna. Timgad was created as an entirely new colony for Roman army veterans by Trajan in A.D. 100, and designed all... |
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Baroque Extravaganzas: Rock Tombs, Fountains, and Sanctuaries in Jordan, Lebanon, and LibyaTeacher: disqoProfessor Kleiner features the baroque phenomenon in Roman architecture, in which the traditional vocabulary of architecture, consisting of columns and other conventional architectural elements,... |
