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  2. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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    Gisela Richter's typological approach is useful in tracing developments of Greek furniture into Roman expressions. [78] Knowledge of Roman furniture is derived mainly from depictions in frescoes and representations in sculpture, along with actual pieces of furniture, fragments, and fittings, several of which were preserved by the eruption of ...

  3. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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    The Roman writer Vitruvius (c. 75 – c. 15 BC) related that the Corinthian order had been invented by Callimachus, a Greek architect and sculptor who was inspired by the sight of a votive basket that had been left on the grave of a young girl. A few of her toys were in it, and a square tile had been placed over the basket, to protect them from ...

  4. Roman art - Wikipedia

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    Many Roman artists came from Greek colonies and provinces. [5] Preparation of an animal sacrifice; marble, fragment of an architectural relief, first quarter of the 2nd century CE; from Rome, Italy. The high number of Roman copies of Greek art also speaks of the esteem Roman artists had for Greek art, and perhaps of its rarer and higher quality ...

  5. Peristyle - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of a Roman peristyle surrounding a courtyard in Pompeii, Italy. In ancient Greek [1] and Roman architecture, [2] a peristyle (/ ˈ p É›r ɪ ËŒ s t aɪ l /; Ancient Greek: περίστυλον, romanized: perístulon) [3] [4] is a continuous porch formed by a row of columns surrounding the perimeter of a building or a courtyard.

  6. A monster diamond, ancient lipstick and erotic Roman ... - AOL

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    Erotic Roman surprises. A small home in Pompeii came with a big surprise when it was ... the home shows that even modest houses could have elaborate decor. The mythical scenes depict the goddess ...

  7. Mosaics of Delos - Wikipedia

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    The composition of the Delos mosaics and pavements include simple pebble constructions, chip-pavement made of white marble, ceramic fragments, and pieces of tesserae. [2] [6] [13] The latter falls into two categories: the simpler, tessellated opus tessellatum using large pieces of tesserae, on average eight by eight millimeters, [14] and the finer opus vermiculatum using pieces of tesserae ...

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