![]() ![]() ![]() With regard to Fourth Style, the introduction of architecture, once again, on either side of the main panel in the main zone. ![]() Over here, another Third Style element, the floating mythological figure, in the center in this case, of a white panel with a border that is made up of floral or vegetal motifs–again elements of the Third Style. talked about the Third Style features in this particular painting, the mythological landscape in the center that has a frame, a black frame around it, to make it abundantly clear that this is not a window to something else but rather meant to look as if it is a flat panel painting hanging on the wall–Third Style element. We see those here we see them over here as well–those, again, elements of the Second Style. We talked about the fact that the Second Style elements could be seen in the substantial columns that are located in the second tier, or in the main tier of the painted wall - columns that support a lintel above and a coffered ceiling. We described, for example, the socle, which attempts to imitate marble incrustation in paint, which of course makes reference to the First Style of Roman wall painting. We talked about the fact that it is a kind of compendium of all the styles that went before. It’s the Ixion Room in the House of Vettii, in Pompeii, and you see it here once again in all its garish glory. Fourth Style Roman wall painting, and I want to show you again what I consider the quintessential Fourth Style wall. House of Vettii Ixion Room, Fourth Style painting / Wikimedia Commons And we’re going to look at them both in the context of the architectural style walls that we’ve been discussing thus far this term, especially the Second, Third, and Fourth Styles, but we’ll also look at them as interesting in their own right. to explore a number of scenes: a frieze of figures, a landscape scene, portraits on Pompeian walls, and also still life painting. ![]() Yale University Initiation in the Villa of the Mysteries Via dell’ Abbondanza, Pompeii / Wikimedia Commonsĭunham Professor, History of Art and Classics ![]()
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