Villa Imperiale (Pompeii)
The Villa Imperiale is located in Pompeii and was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius . In 1984 it was excavated by archaeologists . A barrel vaulted room A , the cubiculum B and the triclinium C are still preserved . Her wall painting was also exposed. It can be assigned to the early 3rd style / candelabra style of Roman wall painting.
The paintings are not particularly well preserved. The predominant colors are black, red, yellow, green and white. As a stylistic feature, there is a central image that is surrounded by fields of different colors. Architecture is only hinted at: the delicate pillars would no longer be able to support the entablature in nature , they are more like candelabra .
literature
- Wolfgang Ehrhardt: Stylistic studies on Roman wall paintings. From the late republic to the time of Nero. Von Zabern, Mainz 1987, ISBN 3-8053-0919-8 , pp. 47-49.
- Umberto Pappalardo: The "Villa Imperiale" in Pompeii. In: Ancient World . Vol. 16, No. 4, 1985, ISSN 0003-570X , pp. 3-15.
- Umberto Pappalardo, Mario Grimaldi: La Villa Imperiale a Pompei . Valtrend, Napoli 2018, ISBN 978-88-88623-86-3 .
