Light, space and affluent taste : ancient pompeian houses and their decoration
| dc.contributor.author | Masters, S. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-23T11:05:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-07-23T11:05:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Masters, S. 2009. Light, space and affluent taste : ancient Pompeian houses and their decoration. Akroterion, 54:141-157, doi:10.7445/54-0-32. | en_ZA |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://akroterion.journals.ac.za | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | While Pompeian houses vary in size, ground plan, opulence and specific decorative schemes, they do tend to exemplify certain consistent design motivations. The owner of an urban Pompeian house — or domus — of whatever size, seems to aim towards creating a certain kind of domestic space. This paper investigates some aspects of the design and decoration of Pompeian houses of roughly the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD, with a particular interest in motives — practical, social, and aspirational — for creating domestic spaces of a particular kind. In doing so three key principles of Pompeian house design and interior decoration will be highlighted: the maximisation of light and space and the display of affluent taste. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/32 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 17 pages : illustrations, plans | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Masters, S. 2009. Light, space and affluent taste : ancient Pompeian houses and their decoration. Akroterion, 54:141-157, doi:10.7445/54-0-32 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2079-2883 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0303-1896 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.7445/54-0-32 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21769 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Houses -- Interior decoration | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Architecture | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Houses -- Pompeii -- Design and decoration -- 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Light, space and affluent taste : ancient pompeian houses and their decoration | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |