Water Displays in Domestic Spaces across the Late Roman West

Water Displays in Domestic Spaces across the Late Roman West

Cultivating Living Buildings

Wheeler, Ginny

Casemate Publishers

12/2024

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List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
1.1 Definitions and Methodologies
1.2 Sources
2. Building on Tradition
2.1 Water and Roman Housing
2.2 Hadrian's Villa as the Surviving Exemplar of Water Architecture and Climatic Manipulation
3. Navigating Urban Changes and Constraints
3.1 A City-Wide Overview of Water and Urban Change at Ostia
3.2 A Water-Rich Neighborhood in Late Antique Ostia
3.3 The Progressive Multiplication of Water Displays in Houses at Rome and Cuicul
3.4 Water Display amid Urban Constraints and Competition
4. Water Displays in Urban Houses across the West
4.1 Taking Stock of the Rich Collection at Ostia
4.2 Urban Comparisons: Rome, North Africa, and the Wider West
4.3 Local Norms versus Broader Patterns
5. Cooling Villa Environments
5.1 Roman Villas, Landscape, and Seasonality
5.2 Water Features as Passive Climate Control
5.3 Late Roman Villas in Hispania
5.4 Cooling Connected Spaces at El Ruedo
5.5 Mitigating the Sun's Arc at Quinta das Longas
5.6 Thermal Benefits and Environmental Control
6. Water Displays in Villas across the West
6.1 Regional and Chronological Distribution
6.2 The Staging of Water
6.3 The Multiplication of Water Displays
6.4 Thermal Comfort and Sensory Experience
6.5 Rural Living, Comfort, and Display in the Late Roman West
7. Reconciling Desires with Practicality: The Ancient Decision-Making Process, Reconstructed
7.1 The Formative Influence of Location
7.2 Architectural Inheritance and Late Antique Adaptation: Form and Decor
7.3 Intangible Factors and Individual Experience
7.4 The Convenient Adaptability of Water Display
8. The Wider Social Context of Late Antique Water Displays
8.1 Water and Elite Representation
8.2 Mythological and Religious Significance
8.3 Late Antique Water Displays in Residences across the Empire
8.4 The Multi-faceted Roles of Domestic Water Displays and the Potential Motives behind their Installation
9. Conclusion: Water and Living Buildings
Appendix
List of Domus in the Catalog
List of Villas in the Catalog
Tables
Bibliography
Index
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late antique; homeowners; water displays; water features; urban houses; extra-urban villas; western Empire; domestic spaces; Ostia; Iberian; environmental design; Antiquity