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Stucco relief was used in the architectural decoration schemes of many ancient cultures. Examples of Egyptian , Minoan , and Etruscan stucco reliefs remain extant. In the art of Mesopotamia and ancient Persian art there was a widespread tradition of figurative and ornamental internal stucco reliefs, which continued into Islamic art , for ...
The earliest Campana reliefs were made in the middle of the first century BC, during the final period of the Roman Republic, and they were most common in the first quarter of the first century AD. At this time, the reliefs experienced not only their greatest extent but also their greatest variety of motifs.
The study of the articulation of the bas-relief has led to the proposition that it may have constituted a cornice or another architectural element from the Early Roman Empire . [B 12] The relief did not exhibit any evidence of weathering. This initial relief was subsequently reworked into a "bas-relief with anthropomorphic figures." [B 13]
[J 9] The use of cinnabar and stucco relief is indicative of the resources that were employed for the house's decoration, which places it "among the luxurious ensembles known in Gaul." [J 9] In addition to the lararium, the houses were adorned with various deities by the owners' preferences. [H 14] The 2010 study elucidated several details. The ...
The Romans did not generally attempt to compete with free-standing Greek works of heroic exploits from history or mythology, but from early on produced historical works in relief, culminating in the great Roman triumphal columns with continuous narrative reliefs winding around them, of which those commemorating Trajan (CE 113) and Marcus ...
Tomb of the Reliefs at Banditaccia necropolis Detail of the Villa Giulia temple reconstruction. Etruscan architecture was created between about 900 BC and 27 BC, when the expanding civilization of ancient Rome finally absorbed Etruscan civilization. The Etruscans were considerable builders in stone, wood and other materials of temples, houses ...
The Tomb of the Reliefs (Italian: Tomba dei Rilievi) is an Etruscan tomb in the Banditaccia necropolis near Cerveteri, Italy. It was discovered in 1847 and has been dated to the end of the 4th century BC. [1] It is a unique example of an Etruscan tomb which is decorated with stucco reliefs instead of the usual frescoes. [2]
Roman concrete (volcanic rock, lime putty, and water – a combination which is incredibly resistant to wear) and a thin layer of stucco was spread over the walls of bare rock faces. This was not structural, only aesthetic, and was typically painted with frescoes.