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what was Pompeii?

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buried by the ashes of mt Vesuvius

found perfect representations of the people

things were able to be restored

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Pompeii’s forum

had a courtyard, columns, temple to Jupiter, Basilica (govt building), and a textile factory

was the center of civic life at Pompeii

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the amphitheater of Pompeii

made of concrete, and goes all the way around

not built on a hill

more theatrical

the oldest known and an early example of Roman concrete technology

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Brawl in the Pompeii amphitheater

Pompeii was elaborately decorated

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typical design for a Roman home

as well as living there they would do business there

had no kitchen, because they would just go out to the places in town and buy food

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atrium of house of the Vettii

The house of the Vettius brothers was of the later Hellenized type with a peristyle garden behind the atrium. The impluvium below the open roof collected rainwater for domestic use.

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style one

wall painting

intended to make space look like it was made of a wealthier material

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style 2

make walls look larger than they really are

mural-like painting

Second Style painters created the illusion of an imaginary three-dimensional world on the walls of Roman houses

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style 3

Roman painters decorated walls with delicate linear fantasies sketched on monochromatic backgrounds

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style 4

combines styles

most dramatic

Late Fourth Style murals are often multicolored, crowded, and confused compositions with a mixture of architectural views, framed mythological panels, and First and Third Style motifs.

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mosaic image

romans liked mosaic style

Neptune and Amphitrite, wall mosaic in the summer triclinium of the House of Neptune and Amphitrite

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husband and wife

wife holding writing tool

husband holding a scroll

holding objects that show education even though they were illiterate

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Still life with peaches, detail of a Fourth Style wall painting

The Roman interest in illusionism explains the popularity of still-life paintings. This painter paid scrupulous attention to the play of light and shadow on different shapes and textures.

shows the level Roman’s were at in art

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