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House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, oecus.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Reception rooms; Walls; Murals; Paintings; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Columns;...
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Tomb of Horemheb, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, unfinished wall section showing preparatory grid lines.
Murals; Paintings; Sculpture; Bas-reliefs; Drawings; Processes & techniques; Walls; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Figure drawings; Male figure drawings; Men; Clothing & dress; Symbols; Headdresses; Headgear; Hieroglyphics; Writing...
From the "Technique: Egyptian Painting and Relief Sculpture" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3).
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Tomb of Nefertari, interior view, Chamber K,conservator at work.
Architecture; Buildings; Funerary facilities; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Murals; Paintings; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Walls; Ceilings; Symbols; Hieroglyphics; Sitting; Cleaning; Conservation &...
Valley of the Queens, near Deir el-Bahri [Egypt], Getty Conservation Institute conservator S. Rickerby at work [restoring the tomb] in Chamber K. From the "Restoring the Tomb of Nefertari" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt"...
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Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan, [Egypt], tomb of Khnumhotep, wall painting, Harvest Scene.
Architecture; Rock-cut architecture; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Cemeteries; Funerary facilities; Paintings; Murals; Rock art; Farms; Farming; Farm life; Agriculture; Agricultural productivity; Harvesting; Standing; Men; Farmers; Agricultural...
Tempera facsimile by Nina de Garis Davies.
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House of Julius Polybius, Pompeii, Italy, exterior view, peristyle, east side.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Courtyards; Peristyles; Colonnades; Columns; Walls; Ceilings; Structural frames; Structural elements; Architectural elements; Murals; Paintings
"East side of the peristyle with columns stuccoed in yellow." (Caption, p. 264)
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House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii, Italy, interior view, atrium and tablinum.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Walls; Atriums; Architectural elements; Murals; Paintings; Tables; Furniture
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Tomb of Governor Amenhotep Huy, Qurnet Murai, [Egypt], wall painting, State Ship, detail.
Paintings; Murals; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Sailing; Ships; Sailing ships; Galleys (Ships); Vessels; Government vessels; Vehicles; Rivers; Bodies of water; Men; Sailors; Working...
Detail of a tempera facsimile of a wall painting. Facsimile by Charles K. Wilkinson.
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Tomb of Nefertari, interior view, wall painting, Queen Nefertari Making an Offering to Isis.
Architecture; Buildings; Funerary facilities; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Walls; Paintings; Murals; Myths; Legends; Rites & ceremonies; Gifts; Lifting & carrying;...
Valley of the Queens, near Deir el-Bahri, [Egypt].
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Altamira cave, Spain, main cavern, ceiling, wall painting, herd of bison.
Paintings; Murals; Rock art; Archaeological sites; Caves; Ceilings; Interiors; Animals; Bison
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House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, exterior view, peristyle at night.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Peristyles; Courtyards; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Colonnades; Columns; Walls; Interiors; Murals; Paintings; Birdbaths; Gardens; Plants; Shrubs; Night...
"Peristyle of the House of the Vettii photographed at night; in the background is the exedra." (Caption, p. 309)
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Chicano murals, Estrada Courts Housing Project, East Los Angeles.
Murals; Paintings; Ethnic groups; Ethnic neighborhoods; Social aspects; Social classes; Minorities; Neighborhoods; Residential facilities; Housing; Buildings; Dwellings; Walls; Men; Women; Couples; Spouses; Children; Boys; Girls; Youth; Artists;...
By "various hands." (Lucie-Smith, p.448). The following information is from the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles: THE MURALS OF ESTRADA COURTS web page (http://www.lamurals.org/MuralFiles/ELA/EstradaCourts.html), accessed February 1,...
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Santa Maria in Valle, Cividale, Italy, interior view, stuccos, rear of facade.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Chapels; Interiors; Walls; Architraves; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Christianity; Plasterwork; Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Men; Women; Clothing & dress; Robes;...
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Santa Maria in Valle, Cividale, Italy, interior view, choir.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Chapels; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Columns; Capitals (Columns); Architectural orders; Corinthian order; Architraves; Arches; Vaults...
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Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, Italy, Cubiculum M, wall painting, detail, tholos.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Walls; Paintings; Murals; Optical illusions; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Columns; Architectural orders;...
Second Style mural paintings.
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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, peristyle seen from the atrium.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Atriums; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Walls; Murals; Paintings; Ceilings; Columns; Peristyles; Colonnades; Courtyards
Built during the early 2nd century BCE and extensively remodeled and repainted in the mid-first century BCE. (Excerpt, p.39)
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Samnite House, Herculaneum, Italy, interior view, fauces, First Style mural painting.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Passageways; Architectural elements; Walls; Murals; Paintings; Optical illusions
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House of the Griffins, Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy, Room 2, Second Style mural paintings.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Walls; Murals; Paintings; Optical illusions; Columns; Pedestals
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House I,3,23, Pompeii, Italy, fresco, brawl in the Pompeii amphitheater.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Paintings; Murals; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Amphitheaters; Cultural facilities; Sports & recreation facilities; Social & civic facilities; Facades; Walls;...
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House of Augustus, Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy, Room of the Masks (room 5), east and south walls, Second Style mural paintings.
Architecture; Buildings; Castles & palaces; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Walls; Murals; Paintings; Optical illusions; Columns; Perspective; Masks
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House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, Ixion Room (triclinium P), Fourth Style mural painting, detail.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Dining rooms; Walls; Murals; Paintings; Architectural elements; Optical illusions; Heads (Anatomy); Faces; Hairstyles; Animals; Horses; Locomotion;...
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