2nd Style

2nd Style

“The Illusionistic Style”, employs a lot of trompe l’oeil,

House of the Griffins

Rome, 100 BCE, use of trompe l’oeil but not solid orthogonals

Villa of the Mysteries

contains scenes of Dyonisiac practices/ “mysteries” taking place.

Villa of Synistor

Pompeii, 100 BCE, urban scenese and a tholos, trompe l’oeil doors close off implied space

Artists from this period

believed to have used their knowledge of theatre designs to create wall paintings

Villa of Poppea

Oplontis, belonging to Nero’s mistress, choragic monument

Odyssey Landscapes

Rome, 50-40 BCE, depicting books 10-12 of the Odyssey, one of the first examples of mythological painting, also somewhat programatic, reads like a scroll

Villa of Livia

Primaporta, bride of Augustus, no architectural elements, more landscape painting, meant to mimic the outdoors

Altar of Augustan peace

Augustan classicism, Idyllic scene of Romulus and Remus nursing

Augustan Classicism

A result of Augustus wanting to bring his people into more state of happiness, uses art as a form of propaganda

Room of the masks

Palatine Hill, 350 BCE, flimsier looking architecture, presence of orthogonal lines,

Sacral Idyllic Landscapes

Landscapes with shrines/ religious imagery

Room of the Pine Garlands

pillars and garland used to separate room segments

Tablinum, Villa of Livia

Palatine Hill, after 30 BCE, elements of egyptomania, attempts to find vanishing points, someone beginning of 3rd style

Villa Farnesina

flatness of forms, more evidence of transition to 3rd style