ROMAN WALL PAINTING STYLES

Roman wall painting styles

Why Pompeii?Paintings from antiquity seldom survive—paint,after all, can be a a lot less tough medium than stone or bronze sculpture. But it's due to the ancient Roman metropolis of Pompeii that we will trace the background of Roman wall painting. The whole town was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. in the event the volcano at Mount Vesuvius erup

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