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From the Blog
Read the blog posts by Oplontis series editors John Clarke and Nayla Muntasser.
- Re-discovering and E-publishing the Foremost Luxury Villa Buried by Vesuvius (2019)
- Fresco Paintings of Villa A (2019)
- Sculptures of Villa A (2019)
- Stucco Decorations at Villa A (2020)
- The Pavements of Villa A (2020)
The Pavements at Villa A
My first engagement with the pavements of Villa A came in the mid 1980s, when I determined to study the decorative ensembles of the early Third Style that coincided with additions and alterations carried out between 15-1 BC. Up until that time, scholars had been studying pavements in isolation from the frescoed walls, stucco cornices, and ceilings.
The Stucco Decorations at Villa A
The application of fine plaster, or stucco, was an important element in the decoration of Roman houses and villas. In the second century BCE, a fashion for emulating Hellenistic art and architecture led to the adoption of Greek-style building and decorative elements.