The Four Styles of Pompeian Wall Painting - Revision history

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	==Third Style==		==Third Style==
	Mau dated this to the Augustan period of 25BC to [[date::40]]AD. This Third Style Wall Painting dispenses with perspectives. Images seem to float rather than occupy a space. Where there is a vista or view painted on the wall it is meant to be seen as a picture painted on the wall rather than a opening out on the world. The pictures have black frames and dispense with elaborate painted projected columns. Third Style seeks to retain the integrity of the wall rather than create an illusion. Red colors are still prevalent and the socle is still present. It is not the same as First Style as it is not a relief or an illusion of marble walls etc. Many of the depictions are mythological.		Mau dated this to the Augustan period of 25BC to [[date::0040]]AD. This Third Style Wall Painting dispenses with perspectives. Images seem to float rather than occupy a space. Where there is a vista or view painted on the wall it is meant to be seen as a picture painted on the wall rather than a opening out on the world. The pictures have black frames and dispense with elaborate painted projected columns. Third Style seeks to retain the integrity of the wall rather than create an illusion. Red colors are still prevalent and the socle is still present. It is not the same as First Style as it is not a relief or an illusion of marble walls etc. Many of the depictions are mythological.

	Famous examples can be found at the House of [[roman::Marcus Lucretius Fronto]] and House of [[roman::Fabius Rufus]]		Famous examples can be found at the House of [[roman::Marcus Lucretius Fronto]] and House of [[roman::Fabius Rufus]]

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	==Third Style==		==Third Style==
	Mau dated this to the Augustan period of 25BC to ~~40AD~~. This Third Style Wall Painting dispenses with perspectives. Images seem to float rather than occupy a space. Where there is a vista or view painted on the wall it is meant to be seen as a picture painted on the wall rather than a opening out on the world. The pictures have black frames and dispense with elaborate painted projected columns. Third Style seeks to retain the integrity of the wall rather than create an illusion. Red colors are still prevalent and the socle is still present. It is not the same as First Style as it is not a relief or an illusion of marble walls etc. Many of the depictions are mythological.		Mau dated this to the Augustan period of 25BC to [[date::40]]AD. This Third Style Wall Painting dispenses with perspectives. Images seem to float rather than occupy a space. Where there is a vista or view painted on the wall it is meant to be seen as a picture painted on the wall rather than a opening out on the world. The pictures have black frames and dispense with elaborate painted projected columns. Third Style seeks to retain the integrity of the wall rather than create an illusion. Red colors are still prevalent and the socle is still present. It is not the same as First Style as it is not a relief or an illusion of marble walls etc. Many of the depictions are mythological.

	Famous examples can be found at the House of [[roman::Marcus Lucretius Fronto]] and House of [[roman::Fabius Rufus]]		Famous examples can be found at the House of [[roman::Marcus Lucretius Fronto]] and House of [[roman::Fabius Rufus]]

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	File:1st_Style_HoFaun.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun		File:1st_Style_HoFaun.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun
	File:1st_Style_HoFaun_Fauces.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)		File:1st_Style_HoFaun_Fauces.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)
	File:1st_Style.jpg~~\|thumb~~\|First Style		File:1st_Style.jpg\|First Style

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	File:~~1st_style_HoFaun~~.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun		File:1st_Style_HoFaun.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun
	File:1st_Style_HoFaun_Fauces.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)		File:1st_Style_HoFaun_Fauces.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)
	File:~~1st_style~~.jpg\|thumb\|First Style		File:1st_Style.jpg\|thumb\|First Style

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	File:1st_style_HoFaun.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun		File:1st_style_HoFaun.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun
	File:~~1st_style_HoFaun_fauces~~.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)		File:1st_Style_HoFaun_Fauces.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)
	File:1st_style.jpg\|thumb\|First Style		File:1st_style.jpg\|thumb\|First Style

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	File:1st_style_HoFaun.jpg~~\|thumb~~\|First Style found at the House of the Faun		File:1st_style_HoFaun.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun
	File:~~1st_styleHoFaun_fauces~~.jpg~~\|thumb~~\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)		File:1st_style_HoFaun_fauces.jpg\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)
	File:1st_style.jpg\|thumb\|First Style		File:1st_style.jpg\|thumb\|First Style

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	File:~~1ststyleHoFaun1~~.jpg\|thumb\|First Style found at the House of the Faun		File:1st_style_HoFaun.jpg\|thumb\|First Style found at the House of the Faun
	File:~~1ststyleHoFaun2~~.jpg\|thumb\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)		File:1st_styleHoFaun_fauces.jpg\|thumb\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)
	File:~~1ststyle~~.jpg\|thumb\|First Style		File:1st_style.jpg\|thumb\|First Style

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	==Second Style==		==Second Style==

Paulreed at 17:01, 15 October 2013

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	In 1892 August Mau came up with a classification that broadly categorized four distinctive periods in Pompeian wall art covering about 150-200 years. They called First, Second, Third and Fourth Style respectively. Wall-painting was done in two stages: first, the base layer of plaster was applied to the wall and allowed to set.		In 1892 August Mau came up with a classification that broadly categorized four distinctive periods in Pompeian wall art covering about 150-200 years. They called First, Second, Third and Fourth Style respectively. Wall-painting was done in two stages: first, the base layer of plaster was applied to the wall and allowed to set.

	Then, the second layer was applied and a basic outline of a ~~pictoral~~ scene might be very gently scratched into this semi-dry layer (sort of like we draw with a pencil first, then colour in the image), followed by thin layers of 'paint' applied with a brush.		Then, the second layer was applied and a basic outline of a pictorial scene might be very gently scratched into this semi-dry layer (sort of like we draw with a pencil first, then colour in the image), followed by thin layers of 'paint' applied with a brush.

	The decoration done as the wall plaster was wet, so artists had to work very fast. The 'paint' was actually wall plaster with minerals (like red cinnabar, which is the famous Pompeii Red colour) or things like burned wood (for the colour black) and precious stones for blue (lapis lazuli was ground up for this making blue the most expensive and rarest colour. In less common cases, this process might be done and/or embellished with layers of		The decoration done as the wall plaster was wet, so artists had to work very fast. The 'paint' was actually wall plaster with minerals (like red cinnabar, which is the famous Pompeii Red colour) or things like burned wood (for the colour black) and precious stones for blue (lapis lazuli was ground up for this making blue the most expensive and rarest colour. In less common cases, this process might be done and/or embellished with layers of
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	==First Style==		==First Style==
	The first style is called ''Incrustation'' or Masonry style and ~~daated~~ from 150-90BC and was ~~indentified~~ by [[author::roman::Vitruvius]] as one made up of colored blocks. It was an illusory style which sought to built up a stucco relief resembling marble and its is likely that this style was imported from Greece. The wall is divided in to zones. At the bottom is the plinth above that the Socle. Orthostats are the large blocks. Then Iosodomic courses and string course and projecting cornice. It is a relief wall built up with stucco and then painted in many colors. Molded details could include pediments, capitals and door frames.		The first style is called ''Incrustation'' or Masonry style and dated from 150-90BC and was identified by [[author::roman::Vitruvius]] as one made up of colored blocks. It was an illusory style which sought to built up a stucco relief resembling marble and its is likely that this style was imported from Greece. The wall is divided in to zones. At the bottom is the plinth above that the Socle. Orthostats are the large blocks. Then Iosodomic courses and string course and projecting cornice. It is a relief wall built up with stucco and then painted in many colors. Molded details could include pediments, capitals and door frames.

	Examples can be found at the House of the Faun, House of Sallust		Examples can be found at the House of the Faun, House of Sallust

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			File:1ststyleHoFaun1.jpg\|thumb\|First Style found at the House of the Faun
			File:1ststyleHoFaun2.jpg\|thumb\|First Style found at the House of the Faun (Fauces)
			File:1ststyle.jpg\|thumb\|First Style

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	==Second Style==		==Second Style==

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