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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) 03.14.13a-gen_US
dc.coverage.spatialFormer Site: Boscoreale, Campania, Italy, Europe,en_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 40-30 BCE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Ancient Roman)en_US
dc.date-40--30en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-06T15:11:38Z
dc.date.available2015-01-06T15:11:38Z
dc.date.issued-40--30en_US
dc.identifier256413en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3165en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/172365
dc.descriptionDetail of illusionistic architecture expanding in three dimensional space; a large arcade or stoa is at the top along with the mask of tragedy (Melpomene); The frescoes were excavated in 1899-1900, by Vincenzo de Prisco. They were acquired by the museum in August 1903, purchased from C. and E. Canessa, Paris. Boscoreale is a Roman town on the southern slope of Mt. Vesuvius immediately to the north and about a mile from Pompeii. Excavations carried out mainly in the later 19th century brought to light some thirty villae rusticae, part of an intense network of smallholdings situated on the lower slopes of the volcano and the adjacent Sarno plain. Most of the villas were reburied after the excavations. Perhaps the most famous residence at Boscoreale is the so-called Villa of Fannius Synistor (the attribution is by no means certain), lavishly decorated with frescoes in the late Second Style in ca. 40-30 BCE. The frescoes employ both architectural details and objects of everyday life in a trompe l'oeil style such as columns that cast shadows into the viewer's space. Second Style (ca. 80-15 BCE) was characterized by the expansion of the picture plane into a three-dimensional space, opening on to architectural vistas or mythological scenes. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 4/29/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumfresco (pigment on plaster); stone mosaic flooren_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectgenreen_US
dc.subjectlandscapeen_US
dc.subjectmythology (Classical)en_US
dc.subjectinterior designen_US
dc.subjectLate Republicanen_US
dc.subjectSecond Styleen_US
dc.titleCubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscorealeen_US
dc.title.alternativeBedroom from Boscorealeen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A3-MMA-R-WFF-A11en_US
vra.culturalContextAncient Romanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), fresco painting (technique)en_US
vra.worktypefresco (painting)en_US
vra.worktypecubiculumen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Ancient Roman)en_US


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