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THIRD STYLE MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE

From the triclinium House of Sacerdos Amandus Pompeii The mythological scene of the chained Andromeda being freed by Perseus tends to emphasize the landscape and cool atmosphere instead of the people. This characteristic is also typical of the third style....

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FOURTH STYLE DECORATION

From a house in Herculaneum c. 70 Museo Nazionale, Naples The eye travels in and around, over and under, and further and further into the indefinable distance....

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WALL PAINTING

Portrait of a Young Woman From a House in Pompeii c. 50 Museo Nazionale, Naples A wall painting less than a foot in diameter, this delicate portrait (probably of the lady or daughter of the house) was worked into the wall decoration....

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THE STREET MUSICIANS

Dioskourides of Samos Villa of Cicero Pompeii c. 100 B.C. Museo Nazionale, Naples Mosaic has an important decorative role in the Roman household as well as in public buildings. This floor mosaic of street musicians, apparently based on a well-known third century B.C. painting, was made by a Greek artist, Dioskourides of Samos....

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ALEXANDER MOSAIC

From the House of the Faun Pompeii c. 80 B.C. Museo Nazionale, Naples One of the most famous pictures from the ancient world, probably a copy of a late classical painting, this mosaic of Alexander conquering Darius was laid into the floor of an open exedra between two peristyles in the House of the Faun. The floor mosaic was called tessallatum and...

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ALEXANDER MOSAIC

From the House of the Faun Pompeii c. 80 B.C. Museo Nazionale, Naples Alexander is portrayed realistically and all the details of his costume are carefully in place....

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