Images & Art

SECOND STYLE PAINTING

Villa of P. Fannius Synistor Boscoreale c. 60 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A painting of comic scenery for the stage uses the theme of the closed door but penetrates deep into an architecturally sound space....

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THE BREAD SELLER

Fresco from the House of the Baker c. 70 Museo Nazionale, Naples Freshly baked breads are sold from a counter on the baker's stand....

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BROTHEL FRESCO

Pompeii Fresco of a man and woman in bed....

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INTERSECTION

Pompeii After 80 B.C. This is a typical intersection. Wheeled traffic passed over and around the pedestrian stepping stones....

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TRICLINIUM

Villa Oplontis Pompeii Mid-lst century B.C. An elegant second style wall painting in the triclinium or dining room. The architectural painting creates an entirely new space out of the wall....

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PORTICO AND GARDEN

Villa Oplontis Pompeii Mid-lst century B.C. A handsome portico surrounds this large villa which was built in the mid-first century B.C. The garden entrance to the great salon is supported by two large columns....

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HALL OR WAITING ROOM

House of Menander Pompeii A portion of the rectangular exedra in the House of Menander. The hall or waiting room was furnished with seats....

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SUMMER TRICLINIUM

House of the Mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite Herculaneum After 62 An open court for summer dining and cooling by a fountain. The sunken floor with marble facing is used as dining couches. This also serves as a pool for the small fountain. The partially visible mosaic on the right gives the house its name....

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THIRD STYLE WALL

House of the Ceii Pompeii The wall surface is closed in the third style. A balanced and refined geometric pattern like this one is a major characteristic of the style. Efforts to achieve depth are abandoned in favor of pure ornament and finally soft amorphous and airy architectural form....

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FOOD STOREHOUSE

Pompeii Food supplies were often stored in large terra-cotta jars buried in the ground. This system provided a way of keeping the stored foodstuffs at a relatively constant temperature....

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