HIST 840 House in History (Spring 2019) Discussion Materials – Week 12

NOBLE HOUSES; SACRED SPACE; DRESSING

Readings:

Moore, The Prehistory of Home, Chapters 8 (“Noble Houses”) and 9 (“Sacred Homes”), pp. 141-179

Bryson, At Home, Chapter 17 (“The Dressing Room”), pp. 527-565

 

Noble houses:

The “throne room” (Mycenaean) in the palace at Knossos (Crete):
https://www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/knossos/articleKnossos06.centralCourt&TR.html

Fresco from the “corridor of the procession” (Minoan) in the palace at Knossos:
http://www.soldiersofthecircles.org/images/CRE126.JPG

Minoan frescoes:
http://antiquatedantiquarian.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-minoans-frescoes.html

Chica-bowls and chicha-making:
https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/ecuador/chicha-an-ancestral-beverage-to-feed-body-and-soul-7430/

Nootka houses (Vancouver Sound):
https://www.getwest.ca/discover/nootkan-people/

Potlatch house dishes and other potlatch materials:
https://www.donsmaps.com/potlatch.html

 

Sacred space:

Pompeii:
house with lararium in atrium; and another
lararium from the House of the Vettii

Japanese household shrines (Buddhist and Shinto)

Household shrine in India

Devotional space in Roman Catholic household; and another

 

Dressing (videos):

 

Getting Dressed in 1665 – Delft (8:08 min.):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIod2n234Zw

Getting Dressed in the 18th Century: Working Woman (5:26 min.):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUmO7rBMdoU

Getting Dressed in the 18th Century: Lady (7:22 min.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpnwWP3fOSA

Getting Dressed in the 18th Century: Gentleman (5:25 min.):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpS4B5oMhgo

Getting Dressed in 1816: Mary Shelley (8:18 min.; watch  0:33- 3:50 min.):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91sRADqHQlM

Getting Dressed – Dickensian Christmas (1853) (14:07 min.; watch The Maid: 0:00-5:10  min.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mPtQJxKWLc&list=PLx0IRLJNwjho-6Pkv8hR0yiFIEe_HmG_j&index=11

Victorian Realities – How did they use the toilet? (while wearing a crinoline or a bustle) (6:27 min.):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHeSTDv_24