Who Invented the Impluvium?
Rather, the Death Mask That Was Cast in the Hours Following the Inventor's Death in 1931 Is on Display in a Glass Case Outside Edmier's Sculptural Environment...
Rather, the death mask that was cast in the hours following the inventor's death in 1931 is on display in a glass case outside Edmier's sculptural environment, in a place of honor, where it can be appreciated in its own time and space. space so thoroughly and convincingly as Keith Edmier: Edison Impluvium.
What was the impluvium used for?
The impluvium is the sunken part of the atrium in a Greek or Roman house (domus). Designed to carry away the rainwater coming through the compluvium of the roof, it is usually made of marble and placed about 30 cm below the floor of the atrium and emptied into a subfloor cistern.
What is an Exedra in a Roman house?
An exedra (plural: exedras or exedrae) is a semicircular architectural recess or platform, sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and either set into a building's façade or free-standing. ... Some Hellenistic exedras were built in relation to a city's agora, as in Priene.