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Roman fresco with a banquet scene from the Casa dei Casti Amanti, Pompeii The Pompeian Styles are four periods which are distinguished in ancient Roman mural painting.They were originally delineated and described by the German archaeologist August Mau (1840–1909) from the excavation of wall paintings at Pompeii, which is one of the largest groups of surviving Roman frescoes.
The large columns in the peristyle of the House of Menander are representative of the Doric style of architecture, an offshoot of the Classical Style, which stems from ancient Greece. The emphasis on ancient Greek architecture in Pompeian architecture is not surprising since Greek sailors had been using the port as a trading post before the ...
The House of the Tragic Poet sat in Regio VI, Insula 8, the far-western part of Pompeii. The house faced the Via di Nola, one of Pompeii's largest streets that linked the forum and the Street of the Tombs. Across the Via di Nola from the House of the Tragic Poet sat the Forum Baths of Pompeii.
One house covered in erotic frescoes reopened to the public in January 2023 after being closed for 20 years while another fresco depicting an erotic scene from the Greek myth “Leda and the Swan ...
The Maison pompéienne (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ pɔ̃pejɛn], "Pompeian house"), sometimes called the Palais pompéien ("Pompeian palace") was the hôtel particulier of Prince Jérôme Napoléon in Paris in the style of the Villa of Diomedes in Pompeii. It was located at 16-18 Avenue Montaigne from 1860 to 1891.
The House of the Greek Epigrams (Casa degli Epigrammi Greci, V 1,18) is a Roman residence in the ancient town of Pompeii that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. It is named after wall paintings with inscriptions from Greek epigrams in a small room (y) next to the peristyle .
Portico and garden. The House of Julia Felix was a combination of indoor and outdoor areas built around atria, courtyards into which the main rooms opened, with enclosed gardens and private water supply; [8] Sections of the praedia allowed for indoor and outdoor seating with frescoes depicting landscapes of leisure and gardens.
The inspiration comes from frescoes unearthed inside the archaeological site that show winged cupids dyeing cloth, gathering grapes for wine and making perfumes. “It is very close to the actual ...