Roman Painting

Architectural Painting Styles:

• 1st Style: Masonry Style, made to look like Marble, painted, polychromic masonry
• 2nd Style: Walls opened up by illusionistic paintings of landscapes
• 3rd Style: Celebrating wall space, small emblems
• 4th Style: 3rd Style + 2nd Style, emblem scenes and illusionistic space, busy
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  ## Other Styles/ Forms:
• Mosaic: made out of small different colored stones that are cubed
• Tessera/Tesserae: the small stones used to create mosaics
• Most mosaics are made using drawings created specifically for them
  • ie Dogs, floral patterns, geometric designs