Multisensory living in Ancient Rome : power and space in Roman houses /

Classicists have long wondered what everyday life was like in ancient Greece and Rome. How, for example, did the slaves, visitors, inhabitants or owners experience the same home differently? And how did owners manipulate the spaces of their homes to demonstrate control or social hierarchy? To answer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Platts, Hannah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020
Temas:
Architecture, Domestic > Rome.
Senses and sensation.
Sensation
Sens et sensations.
Architecture, Domestic
Senses and sensation
Social conditions
Rome > Social conditions.
Rome > Conditions sociales.
Rome (Empire)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Smelling, touching, hearing, tasting and seeing the Roman home
  • Sensing status? Multisensory awareness and power display in the Roman domestic realm
  • The impact of streetscapes on the domestic realm
  • Initial perceptions: controlling access and multisensory experience in the atrium-tablinum
  • 'Public' and 'private' multisensory experience of Roman dining in the domestic sphere
  • Housing the foul: kitchens and toilets in the Roman home
  • Conclusion: sensing status-approaching a lived experience of the Roman house

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