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FOURTH STYLE WALL

House with Large Portal Herculaneum The grisaille creates another beautiful example of dimensional space in the fourth style....

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PERISTYLE

House of the Vettii Pompeii 1st century A.D. The peristyle or inner colonnaded garden court in the House of the Vettii. The peristyle is at the center of the house with the private quarters built around it. Typically the garden has bronze and marble statues, busts, and water fountains. The entire arrangement indicates the Roman love of nature....

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Detail, LARGE GARDEN ROOM

House of the Vettii Pompeii c. 62 A small portion of the black band elegantly ornamented....

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GARDEN PORTICO

House of Julia Flex Pompeii The portico along this garden consists of unusual rectangular and fluted marble pillars....

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FOUNTAIN

House of the Great Fountain Pompeii After 62 Based on Oriental designs, the fountain niche is covered with a vivid and elaborate mosaic. Water came out of the center slit and flowed down the six steps....

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CALIDARIUM IN THE MEN'S BATH

Forum of Pompeii 63-79 The public baths in the forum were a central part of Pompeian life. This is the calidarium or hot room with a hot bath in the men's section. The room was heated by hot air which passed through an opening between double walls and floors. The marble basin held cold water for sponging. The windows were for light. Notice the dec...

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VIA DELL'ABBONDANZA

Pompeii The Via dell'Abbondanza was the most important street in Pompeii. It held the commercial shops and private homes of merchants. A long street, it began at the forum and stretched to the Porta Sarno at the edge of the city. The stepping stones are for pedestrians in bad weather....

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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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