Pompeii: The Place to Relax
City Planning
Covering over 62 hectares, Pompeii is one of the largest relaxation
towns in the modern world. The city is well planned, with activities
to suit people of all ages, sexes and interests. The streets and roads
divide the town into ordered rectangular blocks, which contain a
diversity of shops, houses, business, as well as a variety of
different buildings.
The city has been planned carefully to take full advantage of the
pleasant seaside, with similar buildings close to each other. Shops
are located all through Pompeii with an emphasis on convenience.
Temples are also located in a designated area for all your daily
praying needs.
There are also many baths and entertainment centres strategically
paced at different parts of the city for optimum access and
convenience.
People of Pompeii
The people of Pompeii can be considered to be one of the most law
abiding citizen of the Roman world. The city follows a rigid code of
conduct, and is free from crime and violence. Yet, the city is not
dull. The people are friendly, open and merry.
Classes
Like every Roman city, Pompeii has a simple system of classes. This is
defined by the ruling body, the ordo decurionum who meet in the
Basilica to run the city. It is made up of 100 decurions, elected for
life. Also, every year, the comitium (assembly) of all male citizens
elect four decurions to run the town. Two officials called duumviri
are in charge of justice and important finances. Two other officials
called aediles supervise public buildings, manage markets, maintain
order and issue licences and permits.
The city also ...
... middle of paper ...
...
* Temple of Isis
* Temple of Fortuna Augusta
* Temple of Lares
* Temple of Venus
* Temple of Vespasian
* Doric Temples
Mosaics and frescos
Pompeii is known throughout for its magnificent art. The cities wall
paintings, mosaics, murals and sculptures portray life in Pompeii.
Examples of this art are present throughout the city. In the Villa of
Mysteries, walls have screens painted on the, above which is painted
sky. This is designed to give an optical illusion, an example of the
second style popular in 90-10 BCE.
The House of the Centenary has a fabulous white room, entirely covered
in a delicate leaf pattern, an example of the fourth style in 55-79
ACE.
As well as being beautiful, mosaics also serve a purpose, such as the
guard dog in the House of the Tragic Poet.
The private and public leisure activities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were largely abundant. Many activities could be participated in and were used often. These include Drama performances, gladiatorial games, drinking, gambling, brothels, exercise, gardens, baths and food and dining. All these were an important part of Pompeian and Herculaneum life. They were seen as important to keep the body and mind healthy in most cases. Though some opposed some of the activities like brothels, gambling and drinking. But all give a important look into the life of those in Pompeii and Herculaneum before the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius which completely destroyed both towns and all its inhabitants.
Geographical features played a prominent role in the daily life of Pompeii. A geographical feature is a natural or manmade feature of an environment. For the city of Pompeii, the location was a key aspect of its daily life. In addition, the economic activity and industry was important in the everyday life of Pompeii’s citizens. Evidence also suggests entertainment played a large role in the life of the city’s population. Archaeological remains also stress the Roman influence of its streets and buildings. All these features contributed to the daily life in Pompeii.
The most famous commission by Cosimo is probably his home place - the Palazzo Medici. Remembering his father's word: "do not draw attention to yourself," Cosimo abandoned the original plan by Brunelleschi, which was twice as large as the actual building; and adopted Michelozzo's more humble design. Yet the exterior look of the building is still forbidding and fortress-like. Three layers, with each layer indicating a different level, compose the exterior wall. Rustication, an element that was also applied to the city hall, was used on the ground floor of the palace. Along with the double arched windows, the Palazzo Medici reminds anyone who looks at it of the actual role of its master. Unlike the low-key exterior look, the inside of the house is expensively decorated with frescos, paintings, sculptures, valuable antiques, and the finest furniture.11 For instance, The Bronze David by Donatello and Judith and Holofernes by the same sculptor, the famous fresco masterpiece Procession of th...
Many times in life things are not as they seem. What may look simple on the surface may be more complicated deeper within. Countless authors of short stories go on a journey to intricately craft the ultimate revelation as well as the subtle clues meant for the readers as they attempt to figure out the complete “truth” of the story. The various authors of these stories often use different literary techniques to help uncover the revelation their main characters undergo. Through the process of carefully developing their unique characters and through point of view, both Edith Wharton and Ernest Hemingway ultimately convey the significant revelation in the short stories, “Roman Fever” and “Hills Like White Elephants” respectively. The use of these two literary techniques is essential because they provide the readers with the necessary clues to realize the ultimate revelations.
The most iconic volcanic eruption in history was the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Mt. Vesuvius is located on the west coast side of Italy. Pompeii was the ancient town five miles from Mt. Vesuvius where people would flock to the area in 79 AD to be near the Bay of Naples. Little did they know that the volcano would erupt into the most destructive volcano in history. Mt. Vesuvius has erupted about three dozen times and was the most disastrous due to the large population around the area. The volcano, which is still active today, is a stratovolcano. A stratovolcano has pyroclastic flows and erupt explosively and violently. Pyroclastic flows don't necessarily look exactly like “flowing eruptions”. These eruptions are not the “flowing” type of eruptions because they are eruptions with explosions and blowing clouds that fill the air. These clouds are usually dark clouds that are made up of ash. Pompeii had some signs of the volcano erupting, but the technology was not like the technology of today where scientists can monitor the volcanic activity.
Nearly two millenniums ago a massive eruption rocked the Roman city of Pompeii, destroying buildings and coating the town in deep layers of volcanic ash. Fortunately, this same ash served as a tool for preservation and has allowed archaeologists to discover the remains of various types of Pompeii’s art. The values, beliefs, and daily workings of Roman culture have been brought to new light through the paintings, mosaics, statues and other forms of art found in the lost city of Pompeii.
With the increase in society taking a stance against violence by many people, sports became an area where some feel that the violent acts, such as the hitting and fighting that occurs should be eliminated. The elimination of this violence should not be done in sport because the violence is a part of the game, which would only hurt its popularity. Violence has been around since time has started. People should just have to live with it and understand that violence has been in sports and leisure activities since the times of the Roman gladiators. There are numerous similarities with the violence that takes place in our sporting events today and the events that took place in the Colosseum.
His articulation of the Orders are more than an recitation of Classical form. The Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite columns and other architectonic elements associated with the orders draw on the wealth of Greco-Roman architecture in Italy. Six unmatched walls of different orders and heights form the vertical structure of the fountain. Marble and bright yellow, ochre and red surfaces cover the facades, ...
Modern day Athens has managed to maintain an ancient landscape.? The Acropolis and the Agora are two major features of ancient Greece that have a home in this metropolitan city.? Both of these ancient sites preserve their power and mystery in a modern day world.
...ws the transition from archaic to the classical period. The Roman’s continued with a more realistic style with such statues as Aristocrat with Ancestors and Marcus Aurelius. In wall paintings at Pompeii the artists used great color and realism on the people’s faces.
Pompeii is possibly the best-documented catastrophe in Antiquity. Because of it, we know now how the Pompeians lived because they left behind an extensive legacy of art, including monuments, sculptures and paintings. Pompeii lay on a plateau of ancient lava near the Bay of Naples in western Italy in a region called Campania, less than 1.6 kilometers from the foot of Mount Vesuvius. With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the East, Campania is a fertile plain, traversed by two major rivers and rich soil. However, in the early days, it was not a remarkable city. Scholars have not been able to identify Pompeii’s original inhabitants. The first people to settle in this region were probably prehistoric hunters and fishers. By at least the eight century B.C., a group of Italic people known as the Oscans occupied the region; they most likely established Pompeii, although the exact date of its origin is unknown. “The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, pompe, which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or, perhaps, was settled by a family group (gens Pompeia)”(Kraus 7). In the course of the eight century B.C., Greek and Etruscan colonization stimulated the development of Pompeii as a city around the area of the Forum. A point for important trade routes, it became a place for trading towards the inland. Up until the middle of the 5th century B.C., the city was dominated politically by the Etruscans.
The differences between the art of Roman and other civilizations were that every Roman arts whether were sculptures or architectures had served some purposes and played certain roles in the daily lives of Roman citizens. For example, Romans love to build small concrete building with the vaulting systems. The small building which was called the bay (Pg. 105). This unique system helps to construct much fine and greatest architecture for Romans such as the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, the Colosseum and the Basilica of Constantine. The Pantheon of Rome was also another striking example of fine Roman structure. These structures were often used for religion matters, public meetings and entertainment for every Roman citizen. If any Roman citizens wanted to have some fun, they would attend the Colosseum and watched the gladiatorial game or a series of chariot race. If some other citizens wanted to seek God or certain deity, they would likely to go to the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. In fact, architectures were significant in the lives of Roman citizens.
The Romans were master builders, and proved it through their well constructed establishments. There were many different types of housing for Roman citizens to live in. They ranged from the simple apartments to extravagant country houses. The majority of Roman citizens lived in cramped and crowded tenement houses also known as insulae. Mostly wealthy patricians owned comfortable city homes called domus, and had the luxury of possessing very lavish country homes, known as villas, to escape the hectic city life. Accommodations for both parties had very different and similar designs.
Impressions of the Colosseum During Roman Times On approaching the colosseum, a spectator in Roman times would have been overwhelmed by its sheer size and beauty as it stood against the skyline perhaps higher than any other building in close proximity. The roar of over 45, 000 people would have greeted them as they neared. Upon entering, the spectator would have been amazed at the sheer volume of the people the space could accommodate as well as the different safety and comfort features. The architects took into account not only the appearance but the firmness and function of the colosseum.
(architect.knoji. The colosseum was the largest of 250 Amphitheatres built in that time. It is