art+works

One of my favorite things about travel is the unexpected find. Go out to see the antique Roman ruins at Stabia and stumble across a beautif...

In the world of Roman painting, there are four periods, or styles, which are used to guess at the age of the decorations.   They were origi...

Here are some shots of another antique house with an all over pattern that very much resembles wallpaper patterns of many centuries later. ...

I've been noticing lately how much mileage the Roman painters of antiquity got out of their details. Quite often, the rich decoration ...

After a frustrating day of multiple closures at Pompeii, we took a train down to the sleepy little town of  Castellammare di Stabia  to s...

One of the fun things about studying ornament is finding common threads and unusual variations on a theme. One that I noticed in Pompeii la...

In most houses in Pompeii you will find a shrine (sometimes two) that is usually called a "lararium", because it often held figu...