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THE MOSAICS IN POMPEII
The oldest type of decorated pavement is the opus signinum, well represented in pre Sullan Pompeii. This type of pavement consists of fragments of bricks and pots set into a layer of lime, in which white tesserae of palombino were sometimes inserted to create a regular dot effect or a carpet of geometric pattern. At the same time the emblemata made their appearance small pictures set at the centre of the pavement and depicting scenes that were inspired by the models of great Greek painting. In Sulla's time the mosaics reflected the taste for the schemes of Style II wall painting, with illusionist perspectives in boxes made of tesserae that became gradually lighter in colour and with patterns of rhombuses with borders of cubes and perspective meanders. Toward the end of the republican period simpler black and white mosaics became popular. They had geometric decorations and figures, surrounded by borders of wave meanders, dentate bands and checker work. Sober geometric mosaics also characterize the period of the early empire; with the Claudio Neronian period there is an increase in traditional I ornamental elements which crowd the composition, while the figured mosaics reflect the luminary’s acquisitions of the light effects that had been experimented in contemporary painting.
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POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
This sumptuous villa was built just out-side the Porta Ercolano gate in sight of the town walls. An entrance on Via dei Sepolcri led straight into the 14-column peristyle around which the various rooms and living quarters of the house were situated. The house’s bath area was situated in a triangular space between the road and the peristyle while the triclinium/living room opposite commanded a view over the Gulf of Naples and the large garden below. In the centre of the garden was an open-air triclinium with a swimming pool surrounded by a covered gallery (cryptoporticus). Here the master of the house, with his ‘treasure’ of 1356 sesterces, and other 18 people, mainl ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 10, 1, 1) Ingredients:
- 4 cod steaks (or other firm white fish)
- 3 tsp ground cumin
- 3 tsp coriander seed
- 3 tsp oregano
- 3 tsp rue
- 1 garlic
- 1 carrot
- Honey
- Oil
- Vinegar
- Defritum (or grape juice honey)
- Liquamen (or salt)
- Black pepper to taste
Instructions:
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Prepare clean, salt, turn in flour, salt and fry the fish. Crush pepper, cumin, coriander seed, oregano, rue and garlic, all crushed fine; moistened with vinegar, a carrot, h ... continue
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.