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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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FRIEZE OF THE DIONYSIAC MYSTERIES

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 50 B.C. Near the end of the frieze the initiate kneels for the ritual flagellation. The beautiful nude figure of Bacchante dances willy....

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PENTHEUS ROOM

House of the Vettii Pompeii c. 70 These side panels have airy architectural scenes set into elaborately painted borders. The dining room is named after a large painting of Pentheus as he is being torn apart by maenads. Other mythological scenes are in panels adjacent to architectural views....

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VENUS

House of Venus Pompeii After 62 In this garden fresco, the goddess Venus floats on a shell and two Cupids ride dolphins. Combined with other paintings of garden scenes, the garden is made to appear larger....

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SECOND STYLE WALL

House of the Griffins Palatine, Rome c. 80 B.C. This is one of the first known paintings in the second style. The column bases are rendered in perspective, giving depth to the wall and added size to the room. In this early example the wall is divided horizontally into three areas, a characteristic element lasting throughout the style....

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WINE SHOP

Via dell'Abbondanza Pompeii The interior of the small food and wine shop with a wall painting of its guardian deities....

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FICO DEL SUPRANARE

Pompeii A small winding street. The house on the left with its jutting upper floor balcony was a brothel....

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PORTICO OF THE GREAT THEATRE

Pompeii 2nd century B.C. The rear portico of the Great Theatre, later used as barracks for gladiators....

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FRIEZE OF THE DIONYSIAC MYSTERIES

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 50 B.C. The great Dionysiac frieze in a living room or parlor. This monumental work, the largest to survive from antiquity, is in a simplified second style. The figures are framed on top and bottom of the frieze, with vertical framing panels which are broken in two. The flat red background limits the sense of dept...

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