jcl roman painting + fresco

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Pompeii and Herculaneum

Buried in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D, discovered in the 18th century

First Style

(ca. 2nd century B.C.) –imitates stone masonry

Second Style

(ca. 1st century B.C) – introduces images and landscapes surrounded by an architectural frame, extending the interior space by the use of perspective. The illusions are always rational and naturalistic

Second Style

Villa of the Mysteries

Second Style

Bedroom from Boscoreale

Villa of the Mysteries

Bedroom from Boscoreale

from the villa of P. Fannius Synistor, displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of New York

Bedroom from Boscoreale

Third Style

(ca. 20 B.C. – 20 A.D.)

Third Style

emphasized the flat confining nature of the walls, characterized by the use of delicate and sophisticated details, denied all appearances of rationality and logic. Wall was painted a solid color (red, black or white), slender architectural details enclose small vignettes in the center of the wall

Third Style

Domus Aurea frescoes

Third Style

Boscotrecase frescoes

Domus Aurea frescoes

Boscotrecase frescoes

also displayed in the Metropolitan Museum

Boscotrecase frescoes

Fourth Style

ca. 20 – 79 A.D.

Fourth Style

a synthesis between 2nd style spaciousness and 3rd style elegance, elaborate Baroque illusionism

Fourth Style

House of the Vettii (Ixion Room), Pompeii

House of the Vettii (Ixion Room), Pompeii

House of the Faun, Pompeii

large Roman villa, named for the bronze statue of a faun located in the impluvium

Alexander Mosaic

(a copy of a 3rd century B.C. Greek painting) – depicts Alexander the Great’s victory over the Persian king Darius in the Battle of Issus in 333 BC

Alexander Mosaic

First Style

simulation of marble or stucco

First Style

Second Style

perspective and illusionism

Second Style

Third Style

figurative and ornate feature, greater ornamental feeling

Third Style

Fourth Style

less ornamented, more complex, large scale narrative

Fourth Style

The House of the Faun in Pompeii contains

Alexander Mosaic and Nilotic scenes

pompeii amphitheater riot

Fourth Style

pompeii amphitheater riot of 59 CE, from the house of Actius Anicetus

House of the Vetii

Portrait of Terentius Neo