... surfaces which mark the boundaries of an enclosed space are subdivided horizontally and vertically into monochrome areas articulated by slender architectural and decorative elements. The focal point is a painting in the center, generally of mythological, religious or idyllic subject, set inside an aedicule flanked by panels with small scenes suspended in the center which depict miniature figures ... surfaces which mark the boundaries of an enclosed space are subdivided horizontally and vertically into monochrome areas articulated by slender architectural and decorative elements. The fo...

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... surfaces which mark the boundaries of an enclosed space are subdivided horizontally and vertically into monochrome areas articulated by slender architectural and decorative elements. The focal point is a painting in the center, generally of mythological, religious or idyllic subject, set inside an aedicule flanked by panels with small scenes suspended in the center which depict miniature figures ... surfaces which mark the boundaries of an enclosed space are subdivided horizontally and vertically into monochrome areas articulated by slender architectural and decorative elements. The fo...

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... or wealthy backgrounds that would be able to afford such "luxuries" as these. So therefore we can only really understand the life of wealthy and middle class women. This wall painting shows that women were able to write (and therefore must have been able to read) as she is holding a pen -a stylus- and something to write on -a wax tablet. Even though ... of the bakery -it was identified as a bakery as mills for grinding corn and ovens for baking the bread were found. In the bakery they found a painting of the baker and his wife. The painting shows the baker's wife holding a writing table...

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