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Identifier: pompeiiitslifear00mauauoft (find matches)
Title: Pompeii : its life and art
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Mau, August, 1840-1909
Subjects: Pompeii (Extinct city)
Publisher: New York Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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334 POMPEII has been thought by some to resemble that often given to theMadonna. The two figures at the right of the picture are of the upperworld, not directly connected with the main action, yet well con-
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Fig. 164. —The punishment of Ixion.Wall painting in the house of the Vettii. ceived and skilfully introduced. Nearer the foreground Herasits enthroned, her sceptre in her left hand ; behind her standsIris, faithful messenger, who points out to her the well deservedfate of him who dared to offer an affront to the queen of heaven. THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII 333 The paintings in the two dining rooms opening on the peri-style, n and p, are in a better state of preservation than those ofany other part of the house. In the first room, //, the simpleand restful decoration surrounding the large pictures is in strik-ing contrast with the pictures themselves, one of which is placedat the middle of each of the three walls. Here we see theinfant Hercules strangling the serpents, there Pentheus and theMaenads about to tear him in pieces; the subject of the thirdpainting is the punishment of Dirce, the treatment being notunlike that of the sculptured Farnese group in the NaplesMuseum. The decorative

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Pompeii__Extinct_city_
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Macmillan
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