Roman Wall Painting

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1. Roman  Wall  Pain+ng  
   Reading:  
   Stokstad,  176-­‐184.  
    
   Range:  
   300  BCE-­‐79  CE  
   Roman  Republic  and  Roman  
   Imperial  
    
   Terms/Concepts:  
   Four  Pompeian  Styles,  fauces,  
   atrium,  impluvium,  taberna,  
   peristylium,  lararium,  cucina,  
   triclinium,  tablinum,  excedra,  
   masonry,  sumptuary  laws.  
   Key  Monuments:  
     Not  in  Book,  First-­‐Style  Pain+ng,  
   House  of  Sallust,  Roman  Republic,  
   2nd  century  BCE.  
     6-­‐29,  Wall  Pain+ng  in  the  “Ixion  
   Room,”  House  of  the  VeTi,  
   Pompeii,  Roman  Empire,  62-­‐79  
   CE.  
     6-­‐31,  Cityscape,  House  of  Publius  
   Fannius  Synistor,  Boscoreale,  
   Roman  Empire,  c.  50-­‐30  BCE.  
     Not  in  Book,  Third-­‐Style  Pain+ng,  
   House  of  Marcus  Lucre+us  
   Fronto,  Roman  Empire,  30-­‐60  CE.  
    
   

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2. Aerial view of Naples.
   Mt. Vesuvius
   

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3. He  called  for  his  shoes  and  climbed  up  to  where  he  could  get  the  
   best  view  of  the  phenomenon.    The  cloud  was  rising  from  a  
   mountain  -­‐-­‐  at  such  a  distance  we  couldn't  tell  which,  but  
   aZerwards  learned  that  it  was  Vesuvius.  I  can  best  describe  its  
   shape  by  likening  it  to  a  pine  tree.  It  rose  into  the  sky  on  a  very  
   long  "trunk"  from  which  spread  some  "branches."  I  imagine  it  
   had  been  raised  by  a  sudden  blast,  which  then  weakened,  
   leaving  the  cloud  unsupported  so  that  its  own  weight  caused  it  
   to  spread  sideways.  Some  of  the  cloud  was  white,  in  other  parts  
   there  were  dark  patches  of  dirt  and  ash.  The  sight  of  it  made  the  
   scien+st  in  my  uncle  determined  to  see  it  from  closer  at  hand.  
    -­‐-­‐Pliny  the  Younger  (in  a  le^er  to  Tacitus)  
   

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4. Pompeii
   Campania  
   

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5. Mt. Vesuvius
   

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7. The city of Pompeii, like its
   neighbors, has been partially
   excavated from beneath the
   volcanic debris of an eruption
   in 79 CE.
   

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8. Taberna  
   

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9. Lararium  
   Cucina  
   Excedra  
   Lararium  
   

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10. First-­‐Style  
    Second-­‐Style  
    Third-­‐Style  
    Fourth-­‐Style  
    Styles  of  Pompeian  Pain+ng  
    

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11. House  of  Sallust  
    First-­‐Style  
    

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12. First-­‐Style  
    

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13. First-­‐Style  
    

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14. First-­‐Style  
    House  of  Sallust,  Pompeii,  First-­‐Style,  c.  2nd  century  BCE.  
    Dado  
    Isodomic  Course  
    String  Course  
    Isodomic  Course  
    Orthostates  
    Isodomic  Course  
    Plinth  
    Cornice  
    

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15. First-­‐Style  
    House  of  Sallust,  Pompeii,  First-­‐Style,  c.  2nd  century  BCE.  
    House  of  the  Samnite,  
    Herculaneum,  100-­‐80  
    BCE  
    

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16. First-­‐Style  
    House  of  Publius  Fannius  Synistor  
    

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17. Second-­‐Style  
    

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18. Second-­‐Style  
    False  Door  
    Theatrical  Mask   Theatrical  Mask  
    “Closed”  Wall  
    Lamps   Lamps  
    

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19. Everyday  Life:  Theater  
    Theater  Mask  
    

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20. Second-­‐Style  
    “Open”  Wall  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Exterior  Space  
    

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21. Second-­‐Style  
    Cubiculum  M,  House  of  Fannius  Synistor,  Boscoreale,  40  BCE.    
    Cubiculum  M,  Boscoreale,  Panoramic  View.  
    

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22. Second-­‐Style  
    

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23. Second-­‐Style  
    

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24. Third-­‐Style  
    House  of  Marcus  Lucre+us  Fronto  
    

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25. Third-­‐Style  
    

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26. Third-­‐Style  
    

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27. Fla^ened,  linear  
    architectural  features.  
    Monochrome  
    background.  
    Emblemata  
    Second  Style  
    

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32. Fourth-­‐Style  
    

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33. Fourth-­‐Style  
    

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34. Simulated  Masonry  
    1  
    Fla^ened  Emblemata  
    3  
    Illusionis+c  Space  
    2  
    

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43. Cri+cal  Thinking  Ques+on  
    1.  How  does  the  structure  of  the  Roman  house  
    correspond  to  the  usage  of  the  space?  The  
    status  of  the  homeowner?  
    2.  Why  are  the  four  styles  of  Pompeian  pain+ng  
    extremely  problema+c?  
    3.  How  do  the  pain+ngs  project  the  status/
    iden+ty  of  the  homeowner?  
    

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