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IdentifyServian Walls, 4th cent. BCE, Veii Tufa, Ashlar Masonry/Opus Quadratum, wall that encloses the area around the seven hills of Rome, big blocks of stone, rectangular, some placed longways some short (helps with stability), no mortar
IdentifyNorba, mid 4th cent BCE, fortification wall, limestone (using local resources), polygonal masonry (flat side facing out, not worked into any specific shape, more natural), no mortar
Identify.Ostia (the port of Rome), founded late 4th cent BCE, where the Tiber river comes out, often has issues with flooding, adopting Castrum style (4 gates NSEW, main buildings in center, forum), regularity (pattern of plan)
Identify.Ostia (forum and capitolium), open space NS, bassilica used for law cases, main tmeple (Capitolium - named after Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinis), podium, multiple columns, porch, main chamber with back cella
Identify.Falerii Novi, founded 241 BCE, true arch and gate, grey peperino stone (used for arch), rep-brown tufa, ashlar masonry, voussoirs (pizza slice shaped stones for arch), keystone (top stone, put on last), spring line (line between wall and where the arch begins), impost (base between wall and arch)
Identify.Capitolium, Cosa, mid-late 2nd cent BCE, named after Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitilonus, built up on high podium, large staircase, triartite, open pediment, decorated with architectural terracotta, cistern (no water source in Cosa, could be later edition), used as a church in the Middle Ages
Identify.Tablinum wall of the House of Sallust, Pompeii, 100 BCE, example of style 1 of Pompeii wall paintings, frescos, "faux" marble (seen as lesser bc of this but still for upper class), different courses: isodomic (same size and shape), orhostates (larger), dado (one color)
IdentifyHouse of the Griffins, Room 3, Rome, ca 80 BCE, panels (isodomic & Orthostates), "pedimental" decoration with griffins, example of style 1 wall paintings, "faux" marble
Identify.Cubiculum (Room 2) of the House of the Griffins, Palatine Hill, Rome, ca. 80-60 BCE, example of style 2 wall paintings, imitation of real architecture, using paint to indicate depth (looks like the columns are coming forwards), maintaining "faux" marble style, Roman innovation
IdentifyVilla of the Mysteries, Cubiculum 16, Pompeii, 60-50 BCE, 2nd style but elements from the 1st style are still present, columns with entablatures, appears to be looking outside, relative perspective (not realistic but relative to central point on the painting), there is a suggestion of exterior vistas, the dark black on the base may be an imitation of wooden stages
Identify.Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, looking at the scene through an open pediment, receding depth, public architecture in the painting, good example of stacking architecture for perspective, 1st image (very ornate, religious elements, theatre masks, elements closer to the viewer are more ornately done), first depiction of blown glass in Rome
Identify,Triclinium of Livia, Prima Porta, ca 30-20 BCE, idyllic nature, continuous fence, tree in front & behind fence, every tree & bird is real and identifiable
IdentifyVilla of the Mysteries, Room 5, Pompeii, 40 BCE, example of style 2, thought to show an initiation process to mysterious cult of Dionysus (possibly depicting her initiation), shows preparation & process, starts with her looking like she is getting ready for a wedding, ritual involving whipping, returns to bridal imagery.
IdentifyThe Pine Room, House of Augustus, Palatine Hill, 63 BCE-14 CE, pretty modest design, pine garland decoration, elements of public architecture, using depth to make it appear as though some architectural elements come forward.
IdentifyRoom of the Masks, House of Augustus, Palatine Hill, 63BCE-14CE, architectural elements projecting out, theatre masks in windows, Bucrania and dish for offerings, grotesques (the creature things idk wth they are), tied to theatre structures (scaenae frons), possibly a depiction of one
IdentifyVilla of Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, Red Room, 11 BCE, example of style 3 wall painting, landscape scene in the center, architectural elements smaller and less realistic, delicate detail, returning to the inherent flatness of the wall, attenuated (thin) columns, has a solid colored background, imitations of Egyptian imagery
IdentifyIxion Room, House of the Vettii, Pompeii, 1st cent BCE, example of style 4, combines elements of the 2nd and 3rd styles, vistas in different scenes on the wall (less realistic than the 2nd style), spindly columns (similar to style 3), central panels (larger than 3rd style), bottom section of the wall painting resembles style 1