Transcript What is the Pompeian Art Like?

What is the Pompeian art Like?
FrEDERICVS PIVS
P. III
Background
• Much known about paintings
from 100 b.c. to 100 a.d.
• Many paintings found in 18th
century
• Research done in 19th Century
• Style system invented by august
mau
• From paintings, can learn much
about ones in Rome
General info on Roman
Paintings
• Often Called “POmPeian” style
• Combines and adapts LateGreek, Hellenistic, and
Etruscan Elements
• Techniques used include
fresCO, “tiC-tac-tOe” designs,
Multi-point perspective, and
trompe-l’Oeil effeCts
Examples of Techniques
Tic-Tac-Toe Design
Perspective
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trompe-l’Oeil
On
theroman
last layer,
put on
How
artists
the wall decorations from
made frescoes
top to bottom while it is
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1. get
a stone wall to paint
wet.
on.
• 2. cover it with 1-3 layers of
Mortar
• 3. Cover it with 1-3 Layers of
Lime with finely Powdered
marble
3.
The Four Styles
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Style I
(incrustation)
200-90 B.c.
Imitation of
painted marble
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Style III
(Ornamental)
20/15 B.c.-45 A.D.
Closed up wall
“PiCture gallery”
Effect
One painting
surrounded by
Smaller ones
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Style II
(Architectonic)
90-20/25 B.c.
Windows and
Porticoes
imitation
Lots of
perspective
Style IV
(Fantastic)
45-100 A.D.
Conglomeration
of previous
Realistic and
intricate
Opened up
Shrine-like or
theatrical stage
backgrounds
Subject Matter and
“HierarCHies”
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Much of the subject matter is either portraits,
landscapes or mythology
tHree imPOrtant “HierarCHies” Of deCOratiOn in tHe
paintings (some more important to Romans than
others)
– 1.. Color- e.g. red cinnabar was a rare color and
valued more in paintings than white
– 2. Motifs- E.g. Heroic or Mythological motifs were very
prestigious
– 3. Framework- e.g. Great architectural details help
frame certain important aspects in paintings
Works Cited
Fresco of Priapus
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Clarke, John R. The Houses of Roman Italy 100 B.C.-A.D.
250 Ritual, Space, and Decoration. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1991.
Gunther, Michael D. “Roman Painting: Frescoes From
Campania.” Old Stones. 1999. Art-andArchaeology.com. 6 Apr. 2006 <http://www.art-andarchaeology.com/roman/painting.html>.
Sergius, Tanaquil. “Roman Wallpainting and Pompei,
episode 1.” The Hellenic World. 4 Oct. 2004.
AncientWorlds. 6 Apr. 2006
<http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/420199>.
Tronchin, Francesca. Art 1A: Art in the Western World
from the Stone Age to the End of the Middle Ages
Spring 2005. 6 Apr. 2006
<http://www.tronchin.com/Art1A/lecture13.htm>.
Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew. Houses and Society in Pompeii
and Herculaneum. New Jersey: Princeton
University Press, 1994.
Woodford, Susan. The Art of Greece and Rome. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
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