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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Tabularium and Theater of Marcellus Notes taken on January 29, 2014 by Edward Tanguay |
used to house the state archives at that time
by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (120BC–77BC)
situated on the north side the Roman Forum, on the south side of the Capitoline Hill
today the Tabularium is only accessible from within the Capitoline Museum, but affords an excellent panoramic view over the Forum
Michelangelo, when building the Senatorial Palace on Capitoline Hill, did what is so often done by Roman architects, incorporated the Tabularium into the palace, made it the back wall of his palace
decided not to use Opus Incertum
columns for pure decoration
you can go inside the Tabularium
panoramic window down over the Roman Forum
goal was to vary the experience as you walk through the building
predetermined paths through a building
Augustus put it up under great grief that Marcellus, his nephew, died
main reason the building has survived is that it was reusedover time
as a fortress in Middle Ages
as a palace in the Renaissance
in the Jewish ghetto area of Rome
Temple of Apollo outside it
Roman theater components
decided into wedge-shaped sections, cuneus [koo-NAY-us]
scaenae frons: main building of theater
Greek theaters were prototype
Greeks built them on hillsides
Romans were more urban in their theater building
used concrete to build artificial hill
made of concrete faced with stone
more expensive from Tivoli
arcades interspersed by decorative columns
Doric for first story, Ionic for second story
probably third was corinthian (like on Colloseum)
annular vaults, same annular vaults used in Colloseum
compared to Greek theaters
Greek: round orchestra, Roman: semi-circle
Greek: on hilltops, Romans: on hills made out of concrete