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Extended Project- Pompeii (Painting (Chronological development in painting…
Extended Project- Pompeii
Architecture
Influence of the Oscans, Etruscans or the Sullan colonists
The rich domestic properties that existed side by side with much more humble establishments
Many of the houses were originally richly coloured- in reds, yellows + blues- convenient surface for electoral slogans, ‘For Rent’ notices, advertisements for gladiatorial games, or just the scribbles of graffiti artists
Street life
Multicultural tinge
Greek art
Jewish dietary rules
Indian bric-a-brac,
Egyptian religion
Pavements- flooding or general waste, convienent stepping stones
Living arrangments
Houses built around an atrium, sometimes with the additional peristyle, make up almost half the housing stock surviving in Pompeii
Well-off Romans lived in an extended household- or houseful as one scholar has more aptly put it- consisting of a wide array of dependants + hangers-on
Painting
Chronological development in painting, with different styles indicating a different date for the decoration
Delicate landscapes
Architectural fantasies
Repeating geometric/ floral patterns
Mythological scenes
Working
Roman empire was effectively a vast single market
Biggest invetion was the water mill
Most of the wealth in the area was in the surrounding land
Politics
Cicero joked about the doziness of local Pompeian politics- it was easy enough to get into the senate at Rome, ‘at Pompeii is difficult
Games
Gambling
Amphitheatre
The body
Bankquets reinforced the hierachies of Roman culture
Bars were associated with the combined pleasures of food, alcohol and sex
Roman bathing was synonmous with Roman culture
Mythology
Processions were a staple of public + religious life in the Roman world: a means of celebrating the gods, parading divine images + sacred symbols before the people, honouring the city + its leaders