private sphere

(noun)

The home, or the domestic realm.

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Examples of private sphere in the following topics:

  • Architecture in Mesopotamia

    • Sumerian culture observed a rigid division between the public sphere and the private sphere, a norm that resulted in a lack of direct view from the street into the home.
    • As with private homes, courtyards were important features of palaces for both utilitarian and ceremonial purposes.

  • Architecture at Pompeii

    • To facilitate this dual functionality, the domus had a distinct set of rooms that could be used as either public or private spaces.
    • The tablinum often provided a glimpse into the private sphere of the house, which was set behind the office.
    • Typically, the front half of the house served as public space, while the back of the domus was reserved for more private functions of the family.
    • In essence, the House of the Faun was a private villa despite its urban setting.
    • The House of the Tragic Poet was small but maintained the public-private access characteristic of the traditional domus.

  • Museums and Private Collections

    • Museums and private collections are engaged in both the collection and display of works of art.
    • Private collections are privately owned works of art which may or may not be available for viewing by the public.
    • Early museums began as the private collections of wealthy families and individuals.
    • Numerous art works in museums today were in fact donations from private collections.
    • Currently, some private collections remain private, while some are available for public viewings.

  • Compositional Balance

    • In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any line segment from its center to its perimeter.
    • By extension, the radius of a circle or sphere is the length of any such segment, which is half the diameter.
    • The inradius of a geometric figure is usually the radius of the largest circle or sphere contained in it.

  • Private Patronage

    • Both private and public granting bodies exist for artists, and require minimal endorsement, though it is generally required that their patronage of a specific project be publicly known.

  • The Third Intermediate Period

    • The temple network become a dominant sphere in this period following the decentralization and weakness of the royal authority.

  • Lagash and the Third Dynasty of Ur

    • During Ur III, Sumerian dominated the cultural sphere and was the language of legal, administrative, and economic documents.
    • Map showing the Ur III state and its sphere of influence.

  • Cézanne

    • Cézanne was interested in the simplification of naturally occurring forms to their geometric essentials, wanting to "treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone."
    • For example, a tree trunk may be conceived of as a cylinder and an apple or orange as a sphere.

  • Two-Dimensional Space

    • Almost any dimensional form can be represented by some combination of the cube, sphere, cylinder, and cone.

  • Neoclassical Sculpture

    • The difference is exemplified in Canova's Hebe (1800-05), whose contrapposto almost mimics lively dance steps as she prepares to pour nectar and ambrosia from a small amphora into a chalice, and Thorvaldsen's Monument to Copernicus (1822-30), whose subject sits upright with the a compass and armillary sphere.