ROMAN WALL PAINTING STYLES

Roman wall painting styles

Why Pompeii?Paintings from antiquity seldom endure—paint,after all, is really a much less strong medium than stone or bronze sculpture. But it is thanks to the historical Roman town of Pompeii that we will trace the record of Roman wall painting. The complete metropolis was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. once the volcano at Mount Vesuvius erup

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