Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius

Question 1

what was Pompeii?

Answer 1

buried by the ashes of mt Vesuvius

found perfect representations of the people

things were able to be restored

Question 2

Answer 2

Pompeii’s forum

had a courtyard, columns, temple to Jupiter, Basilica (govt building), and a textile factory

was the center of civic life at Pompeii

Question 3

Answer 3

the amphitheater of Pompeii

made of concrete, and goes all the way around

not built on a hill

more theatrical

the oldest known and an early example of Roman concrete technology

Question 4

Answer 4

Brawl in the Pompeii amphitheater

Pompeii was elaborately decorated

Question 5

Answer 5

typical design for a Roman home

as well as living there they would do business there

had no kitchen, because they would just go out to the places in town and buy food

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Answer 6

atrium of house of the Vettii

The house of the Vettius brothers was of the later Hellenized type with a peristyle garden behind the atrium. The impluvium below the open roof collected rainwater for domestic use.

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Answer 7

style one

wall painting

intended to make space look like it was made of a wealthier material

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Answer 8

style 2

make walls look larger than they really are

mural-like painting

Second Style painters created the illusion of an imaginary three-dimensional world on the walls of Roman houses

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Answer 9

style 3

Roman painters decorated walls with delicate linear fantasies sketched on monochromatic backgrounds

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Answer 10

style 4

combines styles

most dramatic

Late Fourth Style murals are often multicolored, crowded, and confused compositions with a mixture of architectural views, framed mythological panels, and First and Third Style motifs.

Question 11

Answer 11

mosaic image

romans liked mosaic style

Neptune and Amphitrite, wall mosaic in the summer triclinium of the House of Neptune and Amphitrite

Question 12

Answer 12

husband and wife

wife holding writing tool

husband holding a scroll

holding objects that show education even though they were illiterate

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Answer 13

Still life with peaches, detail of a Fourth Style wall painting

The Roman interest in illusionism explains the popularity of still-life paintings. This painter paid scrupulous attention to the play of light and shadow on different shapes and textures.

shows the level Roman’s were at in art