The House of the Vettii offers the world a view into an intriguing period of life in ancient Pompeii. By analyzing themes such as punishment and divine dominion over mortals, within six Greek mythology based panel paintings in the House of the Vettii’s better insights into relations between the sexes is gained. Even in the male dominated society of the first century BC punishment is more about power than gender because it was imposed by both male and female. Pompeii is a small to medium-sized town on the southwest coast of Italy which is famous for being buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii is a Roman house located in Regio VI in the northwest corner of the part of town and to the
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The main entrance is from the Vicolo dei Vettii into the main atrium, and it also has a side service entrance from the Vicolo di Mercurio. The House of the Vettii was renovated extensively between the earthquake of 62 CE and the eruption in 79 CE then excavated between late 1894 and early 1896 and documented by August Mau and later Antonio Sogliano. Soon thereafter the roof was reconstructed protecting the wall paintings, some of the colors in the atrium and peristyle faded because much of the preservation work did not take place until …show more content…
These two rooms are balanced in the style of their decoration. The paintings in the Vettii also show the transition between the Third and Fourth styles of painting. The northeast room has walls painted in dark red in the mid-section above the dado as the background for the elaborate scenes painted in the Fourth style and the lower section of the walls were decorated in faux marble and upper sections have a theatrical façade. The southeast room is similar in configuration and features imitations of Greek originals except the background is gold with faux white tapestries framing the
The main entrance is from the Vicolo dei Vettii into the main atrium, and it also has a side service entrance from the Vicolo di Mercurio. The House of the Vettii was renovated extensively between the earthquake of 62 CE and the eruption in 79 CE then excavated between late 1894 and early 1896 and documented by August Mau and later Antonio Sogliano. Soon thereafter the roof was reconstructed protecting the wall paintings, some of the colors in the atrium and peristyle faded because much of the preservation work did not take place until …show more content…
These two rooms are balanced in the style of their decoration. The paintings in the Vettii also show the transition between the Third and Fourth styles of painting. The northeast room has walls painted in dark red in the mid-section above the dado as the background for the elaborate scenes painted in the Fourth style and the lower section of the walls were decorated in faux marble and upper sections have a theatrical façade. The southeast room is similar in configuration and features imitations of Greek originals except the background is gold with faux white tapestries framing the