Early Roman and First Style

Painting from the House on the Esquiline hill

oldest available painting from Rome, possibly a document of the Samnite war

House of Panza

Pompeii, one of the largest houses,

Impluvium

“rain pouring in” a rain basin

Atrium

The main area, what houses were focused around, kept busts and paintings of ancestors

Tablinum

a room for greeting and hosting guests

First Style Painting

purpose to give the impression of marble rocks, painted wall deco molded w/ stucco, “Masonry Style”

Plinth

the foundation, lowest course

Orthostate

main zone of stone work, very tall

string courses/ friezes

molding that juts out

isodomic courses

highest part of the wall

Samnite House

Herculaneum, 100 BCE

House of the Fawn

The Alexander mural, end of 2nd cent BCE, one of the greatest examples of mosaics in captivity