1st Edition

Space, Movement, and Visibility in Pompeian Houses

By Michael Anderson Copyright 2023
276 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume examines the pivotal role of movement, visibility, and experience within Pompeian houses as a major factor determining house form; the use of space; and the manner, meaning, and modalities of domestic daily life, through the application of GIS-based analysis. Through close consideration of ancient literature, detailed explanations of methodology, and exploration of results, Michael... Read more

1. The problem of Pompeian houses; 2. Reconstructing activities in Roman (and Pompeian) houses; 3. The analysis of domestic space; 4. Visitors, inhabitants, space, and power in Pompeian houses; 5. Case studies; 6. Spatial-visual analysis and post-earthquake Pompeii; 7. The spatial-visual analysis of wall painting; 8. Reflections on the spatial-visual study of Pompeian houses.

Biography

Michael A. Anderson is Chair of Classics at San Francisco State University (USA) and Director of the Via Consolare Project in Pompeii. He is coauthor of the House of the Surgeon, Pompeii: Excavations in the Casa del Chirurgo (VI 1, 9-10.23) (2018).

"Space, Movement, and Visibility in Pompeian Houses informs us not only on the important aspects of the final years of Pompeii, but also showcases what the methodology of spatial-visual analysis can offer.”Bryn Mawr Classical Review