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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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DECORATIVE BRICKWORK

Pompeii This decorative brickwork is from a house in Pompeii. The phallus was a common symbol which was believed to give protection against evil....

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Famulus

FOURTH STYLE ROOM Golden House of Nero Rome c. 66 Famulus is credited with creating the fourth style in his decoration of the Golden House of Nero in Rome. The house was built after 64. In this elegantly painted early example of the style, large panels in the middle area contain landscapes and waterscapes; adjacent painted windows open onto simple...

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CALDARIUM

Villa Oplontis Pompeii c. 1 A.D. This is the caldarium or hot room in the villa's private bath. It is painted in the flat early third style....

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OECUS

House of the Vettii Pompeii After 62 This early fourth style oecus or small dining room has a predominantly white ground. Its architectural space is not as deep or as complicated as the more developed fourth style. Attention is focused on the delicate ornamentation....

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ATRIUM AND TRICLINIUM

House of the Ara Maxima Pompeii 47 On the left are the atrium and triclinium. Beautiful remnants of the fourth style painting still enrich and transform the architectural space....

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