ROMAN WALL PAINTING STYLES

Roman wall painting styles

Why Pompeii?Paintings from antiquity almost never survive—paint,after all, is often a a lot less sturdy medium than stone or bronze sculpture. But it is due to the historical Roman town of Pompeii that we could trace the historical past of Roman wall painting. The complete town was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. when the volcano at Mount Vesuv

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