Podcast Episode 8: The Paintings of Pompeii

Welcome back to Accessible Art History: The Podcast! Starting this week, we are going to be examining some works from Ancient Rome. For this episode, we are going to Pompeii to learn all about the painting styles that developed at this point in history. To listen to the episode, click here or download it on your favorite platform. If you enjoy it, please consider leaving a rate and review. Thank you!

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Pompeii with Mt. Vesuvius in the background. (CC 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Temple of Jupiter, Pompeii (CC 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Bryullov, 1830-33. (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli

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Preserved bodies from Pompeii

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First Style Painting

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Second Style Painting

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Third Style Painting

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Fourth Style Painting

(Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeian_Styles

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD

https://www.britannica.com/place/Pompeii

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/829/

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ropt/hd_ropt.htm

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/wall-painting/a/roman-wall-painting-styles

Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 12th Edition, Fred S. Kleiner