Third Style Roman wall painting

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Roman wall painting style art historical period style

Third Style Roman wall painting is a decorative style from early Imperial Rome characterized by flat, monochrome backgrounds, delicate linear ornamentation, and small, intricate central motifs or architectural vignettes.

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Label Occurrences
Pompeian wall paintings 3
Third Style Roman wall painting canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman wall painting style ⓘ
art historical period style ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Third Style NERFINISHED ⓘ
ornate style ⓘ
associatedWith Augustan art NERFINISHED ⓘ
elite Roman domestic culture ⓘ
characterizedBy central panel pictures ⓘ
delicate linear ornamentation ⓘ
emphasis on surface decoration ⓘ
fantasy architecture ⓘ
fine decorative details ⓘ
flat backgrounds ⓘ
miniature architectural vignettes ⓘ
monochrome backgrounds ⓘ
mythological scenes in small panels ⓘ
rejection of deep spatial illusionism ⓘ
slender candelabra-like elements ⓘ
small central motifs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn Vitruvius De architectura NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime around AD 50 ⓘ
mid 1st century CE ⓘ
followedBy Fourth Style Roman wall painting ⓘ
follows Second Style Roman wall painting NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundIn Boscoreale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herculaneum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pompeii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter landscape vignettes ⓘ
mythological figures ⓘ
still lifes ⓘ
influenced Fourth Style Roman wall painting ⓘ
influencedBy Egyptian motifs ⓘ
Hellenistic decorative traditions ⓘ
materialUsed fresco technique ⓘ
pigments on wet plaster ⓘ
notableExample House of Livia on the Palatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of the Fruit Orchard in Pompeii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Villa of Agrippa Postumus at Boscotrecase NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Pompeian wall painting styles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman painting ⓘ
startTime late 1st century BCE ⓘ
reign of Augustus ⓘ
typicalColor black ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
usedIn Roman houses ⓘ
domestic interiors ⓘ
villas ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Stabian Baths → hasDecorationStyle → Third Style Roman wall painting ⓘ
MANN → notableCollection → Third Style Roman wall painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pompeian wall paintings
Real Museo Borbonico → hasExhibitedWork → Third Style Roman wall painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pompeian wall paintings
Roman art → hasMajorWork → Third Style Roman wall painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pompeian wall paintings