gardenscape second style wall paintings from the villa of livia

So we have much less at Herculaneum than we do for Pompeii, and what we’re missing, for the most part, is the public architecture. Although most of the city of Pompeii has been excavated, only about a quarter or twenty-five percent of the city of Herculaneum has been excavated. And I point it out to you now because we’re going to look at an important room, with paintings, from the city of Boscoreale. And note also the city of Boscoreale, Boscoreale, which is located between, almost equidistant - a little bit closer to Pompeii than Herculaneum - but in between the two. Herculaneum is to the northeast of Pompeii, closer to Naples than Pompeii is, as you can see. Just to remind you of the location of Herculaneum, which is usually called the sister city of Pompeii, because of that locale. Location of Herculaneum / Wikimedia Commons that in both the First and Second Styles, architecture is depicted in these paintings, and we’re going to see some very interesting relationships between that and the built monuments that we’ve talked about thus far this semester. We’re going to look at several houses in Herculaneum, and then we’re going to move from there to early Roman interior decoration, namely the First and Second Styles of Roman wall painting. Introduction and the History of Herculaneum Interior of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy, 422-432.Dunham Professor, History of Art and Classics.Light entering through its oculus forms a circular beam that moves across the dome as the sun moves across the sky. The coffered dome of the Pantheon is 142' in diameter and 142' high. Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE.Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy, dedicated 112 CE 128' high, 625' frieze in 24 bands 2500 figures.Apollodorus of Damascus Markets of Trajan Rome, Italy 100-112 CE used brick faced concrete to transform the Quirinal Hill overlooking Trajan's forum into a vast multilevel complex of barrel-vaulted shops and administrative offices.Spoils of Jerusalem, relief panel from the Arch of Titus marble, 81 CE.This celebrates Augustus' establishment of peace Altar of Augustan peace 13th - 9th century BCE Ara Pacis marble Rome Augustus sought to present his new order as a Golden Age equaling that of Athens under Pericles.Click to see the original works with their full license. Some images used in this set are licensed under the Creative Commons through.

Gardenscape second style wall paintings from the villa of livia