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THE ROMAN VILLA
The Evolution of a Typology
Presentation of a Typology
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The Villa
A villa is:
a medium-size single family residence
Designed on a refined project
medium to extensive in size
born from a refined project
ennobled with coats-of-arms and other decorations
located in the suburbs or in the countryside
surrounded by gardens and parks that related the building to nature
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The Insula
Urban block of flats
used by the low and
middle classes
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The Domus
Urban lordly dwelling very close to the typology of the villa
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The Villa
The Latin word villa means a settlement in the countryside tired to
agricultural activity and leisure
Romans made a dinstiction between
– “villa rustica” where the “villani” (peasants) leaved
– “villa urbana” that is a lordly dwelling appeared for the first time during the
empire
Gradually the term “villa” will indicate only the lordly mansion
Villa di Boscoreale (Pompei), I c. B.C.
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The Domus and The Villa
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The Peristyle
Casa dei Vetii Pompei, I c. AD
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Villa dei Papiri (copy)
Ercolano, I c. AD
Copy of Paul Getty
Museum, Malibu
(California)
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The Garden
Villa dei Papiri (copy), Ercolano, I c. AD
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Villa dei Papiri
Villa dei Papiri (copy), Ercolano, I c. AD
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The Garden
Villa dei Papiri (copy), Ercolano, I c. AD
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Villa of Settebassi
Roma, post 139
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Villa Laurentinum
Roma, II c. AD
Of Plinio il Giovane
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Villa dei Misteri
Pompei, I c. AD
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Frescos
Villa dei Misteri, Pompei, I c. AD
Perspective
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Frescos
Villa dei Misteri, Pompei, I d.C.
Themes
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Mythology
Religious services
Everyday life
Eros
Tromp--l’oeil
Tromp
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Mosaics
Villa dei Misteri, Pompei, I c. AD
Figurative mosaics
Subjects are the same of the painting
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Mosaics
Villa dei Misteri, Pompei, I c. AD
Mosaics paves
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Mosaics
Villa dei Papiri, Ercolano (copy), I
c. AD
Geometrical mosaics for
fountains and nymphaeums
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The End of the Roman Empire
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Castel del Monte, Bari
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The Middle Ages Oblivion
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Villa Medicea, Cerreto Guidi (Firenze)
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The “case da signore” in Tuscany
Villa di Volmiano, Calenzano (Firenze)
Villa di Poggio Secco, Bagno a Ripoli (Firenze)
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Villa Tognozzi Moreni, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze)
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The Castles Became Residence
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Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo, S. Piero a Sieve (Firenze)
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The Villa Renaissance
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Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano (Prato)
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THE END
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