ROMAN WALL PAINTING TYPES

Roman wall painting types

Why Pompeii?Paintings from antiquity seldom survive—paint,after all, is often a a lot less sturdy medium than stone or bronze sculpture. However it is because of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii that we will trace the background of Roman wall painting. The complete city was buried in volcanic ash in seventy nine C.E. when the volcano at Mount Ve

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