Roman Architecture (HSAR 252)
Professor Kleiner explores the civic, commercial, and religious buildings of Pompeii, an overview made possible only because of an historical happenstance--the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, which buried the city at the height of its development. While the lecture features the resort town's public architecture--its forum, basilica, temples, amphitheater, theater, and bath complexes--Professor Kleiner also describes such fixtures of daily life as a bakery and a fast food restaurant. The lecture culminates with a brief overview of tomb architecture in Pompeii and a moving account of what happened to the inhabitants of the city of Pompeii when disaster struck.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to Pompeii and the Citys History
11:08 - Chapter 2. The Early Settlement and the Forum at Pompeii
21:37 - Chapter 3. The Capitolium and Basilica of Pompeii
30:33 - Chapter 4. Pompeiis Entertainment District: The Amphitheater, Theater, and Music Hall
46:00 - Chapter 5. Bath Complexes at Pompeii
58:28 - Chapter 6. Daily Life and the Eruption of Vesuvius
Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses
This course was recorded in Spring 2009.