1. Pompeii
... . The immediate models were the illusionistic stage sets of the Hellenistic-Roman theater and the new "baroque" fashions of 2nd-1st cent. B.C. architecture." (Giuntoli 6). Some scholars have argued that this style also has precedents in Greece, but most believe that is roman invention. The aim of this style painter's was not to create the appearance of elegant marble walls, but rather to dissolve ... . The immediate models were the illusionistic stage sets of the Hellenistic-Roman theater and the new "baroque" fashions of 2nd-1st cent. B.C. architecture." (Giuntoli 6). Some scholars have ...
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