... authorities in Italy began a series of excavations. After 1860, Giuseppe Fiorelli served as director of the excavations. He directed the first uncovering of the whole city block by block. The Italian government has provided funding money for this project. After many years of work, we can now walk in Pompeii "as Pompeians did". After standing in line for quite a while and ... of the 19 century, August Mau, a German art historian, divided the paintings into four so-called pompeian styles. The technique used in these walls differed considerably from that used in Renaissance frescoes. Befor...

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