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RIOT IN THE AMPHITHEATRE

59 Museo Nazionale, Naples This third style painting gives a bird's eye view of the amphitheatre on the day of a bloody riot....

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WALL MOSAIC OF POSEIDON AND AMPHITRITE

House of Poseidon and Amphitrite Herculaneum c. 70 The wall mosiac, known as opus musivum, became popular in the first century A.D. and primarily decorates grottoes and fountains. The brilliant mosaic of Poseidon and Amphitrite is on the wall of the nymphaeum. A formal architectural setting surrounds the figures....

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ALA

House of the Vettii Pompeii c. 60 The ala is a small room normally next to a large room. This ala has transitional decoration between the third and fourth styles....

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IXION ROOM

House of the Vettii Pompeii After 70 This complicated fourth style dining room, possibly a reception room, has large mythological paintings set within the middle panels as well as small mythological figures dancing within white panels with delicate ornamentation. Alternating window scenes create another dimenion. The base is made to appear like ma...

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PERISTYLE

House of Venus Pompeii After 62 This peristyle was built after the earthquake in 62. Decoration is in the fourth style....

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FOUNTAIN

House of the Small Fountain Pompeii Another fountain with mosaic decorations, including abstract and geometric designs, fish, shells, and other sea life....

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TEPIDARIUM IN THE MEN'S BATH

Forum of Pompeii 63-79 The tepidarium or warm lounge in the bath. The elaborate stucco wall decoration was added in the last years before the catastrophe of 79....

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FOOD AND WINE SHOP

Via dell'Abbondanza Pompeii The thermopolium was a shop selling wine and warm food. At this busy corner on the Via dell'Abbondanza, the food was kept in terra-cotta pots sunk in the serving counter. It could be eaten at the shop or taken out....

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COVERED THEATRE

Pompeii c. 80-20 B.C. The covered theatre or odeon is an excellent example of a Hellenistic theatre....

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CUBICULUM 16

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 60 B.C. A more elaborate example of the second style with molding and arches in perspective. The architectural perspectives of the second style create illusions of space. By extending the wall surface beyond a single plane, the style radically changes the nature and feeling of the room....

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