Plan of the forum of Pompeii, Italy, second century B.C. American Numismatic Society, New York.Īerial view of the forum, Pompeii, Italy, second century B.C. Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Romeĭenarius with portrait of Julius Caesar, 44 B.C. Portrait of a Roman general, from the Sanctuary of Hercules, Tivoli, Italy, ca. Head of a Roman patrician, from Otricoli, Italy, ca. Relief with funerary procession, from Amiternum, Italy, second half of first century B.C. 2' 11/2" highCourtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Archibald Cary Coolidge Fund Reconstruction drawing of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy, late second century B.Cįunerary relief with portraits of the Gessii, from Rome (?), Italy, ca. Temple of "the Sibyl" or of "Vesta," Tivoli, Italy, early first century B.C Print.Temple of "Fortuna Virilis" (Temple of Portunus), Rome, Italy, ca. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History. Overall, the artist had managed to create a “window” into another world, and capture the sense of depth that the Second Style of Roman painting aims to achieve. Finally, we see the dark green color that gradually develops and allows the viewer to imagine how deep one could walk through that foliage. There are also birds in the background to show depth in the sky. They appear slightly blurrier than the trees painted in the front. beyond that are more lush-looking trees but in less detail. Then we see the shrubbery surrounding the meticulously painted trees. It begins with the detailed, weak fence that appears to look the closest to the viewer. The most dominant one being atmospheric perspective. There were a number of techniques used to create this illusionistic 3D world in the walls. The villa is located at Primaporta, just north of Rome. This fresco of a gardenscape is a perfect example of the second style Roman wall painting. It is a ‘picture-window mural” and has been painted on the walls of a Villa that had been dedicated to Empress Livia, wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus. Instead, Second style artists painted the walls of a room with the aim to create the illusion that a three-dimensional world is surrounding you. Second style painting began around 80 BCE and was completely different from the First style.
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