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Katya Prosvirkina 5/24/11 House of the Wooden Partition also known as Casa del Tramezzo di Legno Insula III, Herculaneum Dimensions: 1 st floor: 1615 sq. ft. 2 nd floor: 2153 sq.ft Materials: - Wooden frame construction - Pillars in brick and block - Partition walls of timber framework with a rubble infill Background on Herculaneum: - much smaller than Pompeii - had wealthier citizens - unlike Pompeii, covered by mud, not ash – leading to the well preserved wood details Use: Upper-class home, perhaps rented out; surrounded by shops Marcus Vitruvius Pollio - architect and engineer Wrote De Architectura in Augustan period Argued reasons for the wooden framework of the houses Dates of construction: a. First Republican Period, first century BC Estimate based on the simple floor mosaic b. Remodeled in the first century AD Perhaps in response to earthquake Adding the peristyle outside the tablinum office Adding red panels and bands on a black background (frescoes) Workshops and shops added outside
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My handout about the House of Wooden Partition in Herculaneum (Ercolano), Italy, completely covered with mud during the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius that also preserved Pompeii.
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Katya Prosvirkina 5/24/11
House of the Wooden Partitionalso known as
Casa del Tramezzo di LegnoInsula III, Herculaneum
Dimensions:1st floor: 1615 sq. ft.2nd floor: 2153 sq.ft
Materials:- Wooden frame construction- Pillars in brick and block- Partition walls of timber framework with a rubble infill
Background on Herculaneum:- much smaller than Pompeii- had wealthier citizens- unlike Pompeii, covered by mud, not ash – leading to the well preserved wood details
Use:Upper-class home, perhaps rented out; surrounded by shops
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio - architect and engineerWrote De Architectura in Augustan periodArgued reasons for the wooden framework of the houses
Dates of construction:a. First Republican Period, first century BC
Estimate based on the simple floor mosaicb. Remodeled in the first century AD
Perhaps in response to earthquakeAdding the peristyle outside the tablinum office Adding red panels and bands on a black background (frescoes)Workshops and shops added outside
What it looked like originally:- Originally had one single story- Second story added with the remodeling 1st century AD
Sign of the decline of status of the houseSecond story could be accessed from outside the home, by a renter
- Beautiful, bright indoor frescoes in black, red, yellowConnections with two buildings:1. House of Faun in Pompeii
Similar open atrium plans – both were decorative and grand in their prime
Katya Prosvirkina 5/24/11
Most noble homes had atriums for societal status purposes2. Villa Jovis in Capri
Stark differenceVilla: very private, large – 5,500 sq. meters, separated into public/private and
owners/servants; multi-level, small bedrooms
Significance: Social: open home to invite in any and all guestsPolitical: reflects social status, the home often used to raise the political statusCultural: large common spaces (atrium, oecus), smalerl bedrooms; additional shops on the sideAesthetic: additions of new frescoes and peristyle outside tablinum during remodelingArchitectural: remodeled to have a second floorInsight: use of wood in building evident in Herculaneum and not in Pompeii
Floor Plan:a) fauces – narrow entrance wayb) atrium – grand space, with marble impluviumc) cubiculum – bedroomd) central cubiculum with remains of a bede) tablinum - officef) oecus – main living room, oused for diningg) peristyle – open garden surrounded by colonnadeh) workshops and shopsi) shopj) flight of stairs
Other Interesting Information:- one of the few houses with almost perfectly preserved wooden partition, although most houses probably had such a partition
- scans show that this house was greatly remodeled, both to add another floor, change the peristyle, and to fix earthquake damage to the point that the façade wall drastically varies in thickness
