Wall Painting

Lorenz, Katharina

Abstract

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. This chapter concentrates on Roman painting in the early imperial period, and in particular as it can be traced on the walls of domestic dwellings in Pompeii. The chapter presents a sketch of the distinctive spatial mentalité informed by wall painting and the spatial framework to which it contributes: an exploration of the four styles, from the vantage point of how they engage their viewers and produce different layers of virtual space, generated in the in-between of wall and room user. The First Style, also referred to as "Structural," "Incrustation," or "Masonry Style," is applied across Italy and the eastern Mediterranean. The Second Style or the "Architectural" Style lasts from around 100 BCE into the last quarter of the first century BCE. The Third Style is characterized by the disappearance of the all-encompassing illusionistic paintings. The Fourth Style is considered as a marker of the decline of Pompeian painting.

Citation

Lorenz, K. (2015). Wall Painting. In B. E. Borg (Ed.), A companion to Roman art (252-267). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118886205.ch13

• Online Publication Date: Sep 11, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 21, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 25, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 252-267
• Book Title: A companion to Roman art
• ISBN: 9781405192880
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118886205.ch13
• Keywords: Architectural style; masonry style; Pompeian painting; Roman art; Roman wallpainting, Pompeii
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/760860
• Publisher URL: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/9781118886205.ch13