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The House of the Faun -
Pompeii |
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The House of the Faun is one of the largest
and grandest private houses in Pompeii.
This house can be used to gain an understanding of how the wealthy upper
class lived during the 1st century AD in the Roman world.
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1. On the following web page Click on the numbered rooms to
take a tour of the House of the Faun |
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http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21h.405/www/HouseOfFaun/homepage.html
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2. Cut out this plan of the House of the Faun and paste it in the
middle of an A3 sheet of paper.
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3. i) Print off and cut out these
thumbnail
pictures. (on a word doc. A4 size)
(The link in No.5. below will tell you where the mosaics
and wall painting were or are
located.)
ii) Paste them on the A3 sheet of paper around the house plan.
iii) Draw a line from each picture to the location of that
feature on the plan.
iv) Next to the pictures write 2 or 3 brief points about each
feature. (Use a fine ink pen and small writing!)
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4. From
this link record brief details about the size of the house, and the
items found in the house such as the body, jewelry and graffiti.
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5. Using the following sites, add labels and information about the
following additional parts of the house.
https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-vi/reg-vi-ins-12/house-of-the-faun
Use the blue hyperlinks in the above site for additional information.
(You can also use the terms link below.)
For example
where
can be seen an example of the first style of
archetectural decoration.
Terms and plan of the house of the Faun
a) Atrium
b) Fauces
c) first style of
archetectural decoration
d) larium
e) corinthian columns
f) cubicula
g) tablinum
h) triclini
i) tepidarium
j) caldarium
Add additional fold out pieces of
paper to your A3 sheet if needed.
6.
Watch this
animation
with a 3D model of the house of the Faun.
7.
Pause as you watch
this brief
video and make two or three points.
What well know artefacts
were found in the house?
If you have room, add a thumbnail picture to your A3 page of
the impressive entryway to the house with the
attached
Corinthian columns.
8. -You will be able to use references to different things seen of
the house of the Faun when discussing a variety
of aspects of
life in Pompeii
society.
- Highlight in your notes on the A3 sheet any features seen in the house that give some insight into
one the different
aspects of the
society of Pompeii that we study. For
example: Religion, architectural features,
location of shops, surface decorations, life style of the
aristocratic class, role of the different social classes,
artefacts, graffiti, display of human remains, Greek and
Egyptian influence...
- Label each of the above topics we
study that you find evidence of with a different coloured pen / texta.
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