... could afford it. Obviously incrustation was a process of decoration often beyond the reach of any but the most powerful and wealthiest. A good example of the First Style is The North wall of the tablinum, House of Sallust. (pic. 1). , of unknown artist, this painted wall in Pompeii is about 12" x 8". ... 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 creat...

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