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What is the Pompeian art Like?

What is the Pompeian art Like?. FrEDERICVS PIVS P. III. Background. Much known about paintings from 100 b.c. to 100 a.d. Many paintings found in 18 th century Research done in 19 th Century Style system invented by august mau From paintings, can learn much about ones in Rome.

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What is the Pompeian art Like?

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  1. What is the Pompeian art Like? FrEDERICVS PIVS P. III

  2. Background • Much known about paintings from 100 b.c. to 100 a.d. • Many paintings found in 18th century • Research done in 19th Century • Style system invented by august mau • From paintings, can learn much about ones in Rome

  3. General info on Roman Paintings • Often Called “Pompeian” style • Combines and adapts Late-Greek, Hellenistic, and Etruscan Elements • Techniques used include Fresco, “Tic-tac-toe” designs, Multi-point perspective, and trompe-l’oeil effects

  4. Examples of Techniques Tic-Tac-Toe Design Perspective X X X trompe-l’oeil

  5. 3. On the last layer, put on the wall decorations from top to bottom while it is still wet. How roman artists made frescoes • 1. get a stone wall to paint on. • 2. cover it with 1-3 layers of Mortar • 3. Cover it with 1-3 Layers of Lime with finely Powdered marble

  6. The Four Styles • Style II (Architectonic) • 90-20/25 B.c. • Windows and Porticoes imitation • Lots of perspective • Style I (incrustation) • 200-90 B.c. • Imitation of painted marble • Style IV (Fantastic) • 45-100 A.D. • Conglomeration of previous • Realistic and intricate • Opened up • Shrine-like or theatrical stage backgrounds • Style III (Ornamental) • 20/15 B.c.-45 A.D. • Closed up wall • “Picture gallery” Effect • One painting surrounded by Smaller ones

  7. Subject Matter and “Hierarchies” • Much of the subject matter is either portraits, landscapes or mythology • Three Important “Hierarchies” of decoration in the paintings (some more important to Romans than others) • 1.. Color- e.g. red cinnabar was a rare color and valued more in paintings than white • 2. Motifs- E.g. Heroic or Mythological motifs were very prestigious • 3. Framework- e.g. Great architectural details help frame certain important aspects in paintings

  8. Works Cited Fresco of Priapus • Clarke, John R. The Houses of Roman Italy 100 B.C.-A.D. 250 Ritual, Space, and Decoration. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. • Gunther, Michael D. “Roman Painting: Frescoes From Campania.” Old Stones. 1999. Art-and- Archaeology.com. 6 Apr. 2006 <http://www.art-and- archaeology.com/roman/painting.html>. • Sergius, Tanaquil. “Roman Wallpainting and Pompei, episode 1.” The Hellenic World. 4 Oct. 2004. AncientWorlds. 6 Apr. 2006 <http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/420199>. • Tronchin, Francesca. Art 1A: Art in the Western World from the Stone Age to the End of the Middle Ages Spring 2005. 6 Apr. 2006 <http://www.tronchin.com/Art1A/lecture13.htm>. • Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew. Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1994. • Woodford, Susan. The Art of Greece and Rome. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. AHH! CENSORED! (don’t ask why the box is so big!)

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