Black, White & Grey Plans [258] Pompeii Villa of Mysteries or Villa dei Misteri.  Room plan. source 

Black, White & Grey Plans

[258]

Pompeii Villa of Mysteries or Villa dei Misteri. 

Room plan.

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Mar 13 2012 3 notes
Black, White & Grey Plans [22] PLAN OF VILLA SUBURBANA of M. ArviuS Diomedis (Donaldson’s Pompeii, ii 1). 1, door. 2, peristylium. 3, tablinum. 4, gallery. 5, oecus. 6, court. 7, cryptoporticus. 8, triangular court with cold batb. 9, tepidarium. 10, colidarium. 11, bedroom. 12, staircase leading to lower story. source

Black, White & Grey Plans

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PLAN OF VILLA SUBURBANA of M. ArviuS Diomedis (Donaldson’s Pompeii, ii 1). 1, door. 2, peristylium. 3, tablinum. 4, gallery. 5, oecus. 6, court. 7, cryptoporticus. 8, triangular court with cold batb. 9, tepidarium. 10, colidarium. 11, bedroom. 12, staircase leading to lower story.

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Mar 3 2012 2 notes
Bird View Cityscape [256] Arles | France bing maps

Bird View Cityscape

[256]

Arles | France

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Feb 11 2012 1 note
Black & White Illustrations [225] Interior view of Trajan’s Basilica (Basilica Ulpia), as restored by Canina. source

Black & White Illustrations

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Interior view of Trajan’s Basilica (Basilica Ulpia), as restored by Canina.

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Jan 8 2012 3 notes
Black & White Illustrations [91] Le Terme di Diocleziano. source

Black & White Illustrations

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Le Terme di Diocleziano.

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Jan 7 2012 11 notes
Black & White Illustrations [1] vitruvius’ basilica at fano source

Black & White Illustrations

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vitruvius’ basilica at fano

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Jan 6 2012 5 notes
Black & White Plans [698] Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily – IV century. via

Black & White Plans

[698]

Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily – IV century.

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Dec 27 2011 15 notes
Black & White Plans [563] via

Black & White Plans

[563]

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Dec 20 2011 32 notes
Black & White Plans [313]  Theater of Marcello - 13 or 11 BC The theater of Marcellus shows us some of the characteristic differences between the Roman and the Greek theater. It is not build on a hillside, but on a complex structure of arches and opus caementicium (concrete). The orchestra is not round, but half-round; this as it was not more intended for the orchestra, but for seating the senators of Rome. It was also impossible to see the landscape as the scaena decors were becoming higher and higher. Also the base of the plan was build on a circle and the rotation of a triangle, instead of the rotation of a square, leading to less subdivisions of the theatron (6 wedges vs 8 greek wedges). Another very important element is that the theater of Marcellus actually has the first usage of hierarchical orders in different floors. From the ground up respectively; Dorian, lighter Ionic and most probably Corinthian on the top floor. The combination of arches as support and columns as decoration that will be used in many other architectural master pieces started with this building. A very big example is of course the amphitheater Flavium, a.k.a. the Colosseum, but also in the renaissance by influential architects like Alberti and Giuliano da Sangallo. via

Black & White Plans

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Theater of Marcello - 13 or 11 BC

The theater of Marcellus shows us some of the characteristic differences between the Roman and the Greek theater. It is not build on a hillside, but on a complex structure of arches and opus caementicium (concrete). The orchestra is not round, but half-round; this as it was not more intended for the orchestra, but for seating the senators of Rome. It was also impossible to see the landscape as the scaena decors were becoming higher and higher. Also the base of the plan was build on a circle and the rotation of a triangle, instead of the rotation of a square, leading to less subdivisions of the theatron (6 wedges vs 8 greek wedges).

Another very important element is that the theater of Marcellus actually has the first usage of hierarchical orders in different floors. From the ground up respectively; Dorian, lighter Ionic and most probably Corinthian on the top floor.

The combination of arches as support and columns as decoration that will be used in many other architectural master pieces started with this building. A very big example is of course the amphitheater Flavium, a.k.a. the Colosseum, but also in the renaissance by influential architects like Alberti and Giuliano da Sangallo.

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Dec 1 2011 49 notes
Black & White Plans [309]  The Roman Odeum at Pompeii via

Black & White Plans

[309] 

The Roman Odeum at Pompeii

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Dec 1 2011 41 notes
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