What is the Pompeian art Like?
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What is the Pompeian art Like?
FrEDERICVS PIVSP. III
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• 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
Background
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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
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Examples of Techniques
Tic-Tac-Toe Design
trompe-l’oeil
Perspective
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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
3. On the last layer, put on the wall decorations from top to bottom while it is still wet.
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The Four Styles• Style I (incrustation)• 200-90 B.c.• Imitation of painted
marble
• Style II (Architectonic)
• 90-20/25 B.c.• Windows and
Porticoes imitation• Lots of perspective
• Style III (Ornamental)
• 20/15 B.c.-45 A.D.• Closed up wall• “Picture gallery”
Effect• One painting
surrounded by Smaller ones
• Style IV (Fantastic)• 45-100 A.D.• Conglomeration of
previous• Realistic and
intricate• Opened up• Shrine-like or
theatrical stage backgrounds
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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
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Works Cited• 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!)
Fresco of Priapus