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PRIMARY ATRIUM

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 70 B.C. The atrium is reached through a central axis from the entrance. Two corner doors lead to the tablinum. Beyond the main opening is the peristyle corridor....

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BUILDING OF EUMACHIA

Forum of Pompeii Under reconstruction in 79 Headquarters of the guild of fabric washers and dyers, known as fullones. Fabrics also were sold and stored here. To be located on the forum the guild had clearly achieved a prominence in city life. Here we see the brick columns faced with stucco. The doorway in the rear is decorated with spiral acanthus...

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FRIEZE OF THE DIONYSIAC MYSTERIES

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 50 B.C. The great Dionysiac frieze in a living room or parlor. This monumental work, the largest to survive from antiquity, is in a simplified second style. The figures are framed on top and bottom of the frieze, with vertical framing panels which are broken in two. The flat red background limits the sense of dept...

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OUTDOOR BALCONY

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 50 B.C. The villa opens up to the countryside. In contrast to the enclosed city home or domus, this balcony is attached to one of the two central buildings. Notice the decorative brickwork in the exterior columns....

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LARARIUM

House of the Vettii Pompeii The lararium is a shrine to the spirits of the house, also associated with ancestors, household gods, and the emperor. The serpent, frequently represented, approaches a small altar as three young men drink and dance above....

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GARDEN MURALS

House of Venus Pompeii After 62 Painted garden scenes with a statue of Mars....

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SECOND STYLE MURAL

Villa of P. Fannius Synistor Boscoreale c. 60 B.C. Museo Nazionale, Naples There are three visual planes here: the colonnade in front of the door; the wall and door; and the world beyond the door. The masks are guardians of the beyond. The style creates a mysterious world, where tangible and intangible elements live side by side and yet blend into...

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BAKERY

Strada Stabiana Pompeii These are some mill-wheels which ground the flour in the bakery or pistrinum. The top part rotates around the bottom stationary stone....

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Interior, BROTHEL

Pompeii Doorways to the cubicles in the brothel. Above are remnants of frescoes....

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PALESTRA AT THE STABIAN BATHS

Pompeii 2nd century B.C. The palestra or gymnasium at the Stabian baths. A portico surrounded the area on three sides. Young athletes exercised in the center, swam and relaxed under the shady trees....

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