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Herculaneum: House of the Skeleton, mural detail
Herculaneum: House of the Skeleton, triclinium mural detail (photo: Athena Review)
This
detail shows a variant of the Third style of painting, which prevailed
in Herculaneum and Pompeii in the early to mid 1st century AD. The
style features illusionistic architectural motifs.
In
this example from the triclinium of the House of the Skeleton, a
laticework or trellis with tiny figures on it encloses a large
candelabra-like motif.
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