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Wall Painting

Lorenz, Katharina

Authors

Katharina Lorenz



Contributors

Barbara E. Borg
Editor

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
Contract Date Jul 22, 2016


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