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VESTIBULE

House of the Samnite Herculaneum 2nd century B.C. Four styles are generally used to designate the major periods in Pompeian and Roman painting and decoration. The first style covers the period from about 175 B.C. to 80 B.C. The second style dates from about 80 B.C. until 1 A.D. The third style begins around 1 A.D. or somewhat earlier and lasts unt...

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ENTRANCE TO THE FORUM

Forum of Pompeii After 80 B.C. One of the two arches originally covered with marble which flank the Temple of Jupiter and are the main entrances to the forum. The temple was built under the Samnites in the second century B.C....

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SECTION THRU A HOME WITH CELLAR

Pompeii 2nd century This sectional view through a tradesman's home in Pompeii shows a cellar beneath the peristyle. The inwardly sloped roof and the roof opening (compluvium) can be clearly seen above the impluvium of the atrium....

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PAINTED WALL PANEL

House of the Samnite Herculaneum 2nd century B.C. Typical of the first style is the wall panel painted in different colors to look like different kinds of marble....

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COLONNADE

Forum of Pompeii After 80 B.C. The two-tiered colonnade has columns in the Doric style on the bottom and slender Ionic columns on top of a cross beam. In Pompeii many columns were made of brick and covered with stucco....

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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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