CLST 306 Lecture 16: CLST 306 Week 8-2.pdf
14 May 2015
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Have a thesis statement on your coin. Introduce topic and argue for some point: description of the front and back of the coin, meaning at the time it was produced by the emperor / town / person who minted it, etc. Last class talking about the four styles of fresco in the bay of naples area: four pompeian styles named after pompeii but not exclusive to that place. Pompeii has buildings dating from 2nd c bc to eruption of vesuvius. Can look at paintings, sort into categories, and see what came before what: styles could be reproduced in later periods just because they. Plaster is painted to look like marble. Most popular between 80 bc and down to about 0. Tries to make it look like real architecture columns, fencing, marble, windows, etc: realized they could have architecture look real while still getting rid of solid dark walls. Start seeing outside spaces painted in the panels.
