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Gilding the Lily - Painting Palaces and Villas in First Century A.D. Rome

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This lecture examines the development of Third and Fourth Style Roman wall painting, tracing changes from perspectival architectural vistas to eclectic and scenographic designs in elite Roman spaces.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. Introduction to Third and Fourth Style Roman Wall Painting
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- Chapter 2. Transition from Second to Third Style at Oplontis
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- Chapter 3. The Mature Third Style at Boscotrecase
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- Chapter 4. A Third Style Garden and Fabullus Paints the Domus Aurea in Rome
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- Chapter 5. Fourth Style Eclecticism and Display in Pompeii
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- Chapter 6. Scenographic Painting in Herculaneum
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  • a spectacular deep dive into the different styles of roman painting and what they mean in terms of artistic license

    very well presented and cover a number of sites including , Rome , Pompeii , Herculaneum , Oplontis and over villas in the Naples region

    I would totally recommend this course for anyone with an interest in Roman art .

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