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Herculaneum: House of the Great Portal, 4th style mural
Herculaneum: House of the Great Portal, 4th style mural in triclinium (photo: Athena Review)
In
the House of the Great Portal, the upper walls of the triclinium held a
striking composition of 4th style Bacchanalian painting. Here themes of
dramatic performances were shown in architectonic sets typical of the
illusionistic 4th style, plus a series of tragic masks.
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