. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Fig. Fiar. 390. fluence of Greek art, while the landscapes, still lives, and archi-tectural decorations are more specifically Roman in taste. To these wall-paintings also we shall have to return (see § 93). We add a few illustrations of single parts of houses, designed 368 INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OF PANS A, in accordance with the remaining specimens. Fig. 390 showsthe open court of the house of Sallustius (also called the house ofActaeon) turned into a garden. One side of it is occupied by thewall of the house, while the other shows a colonnade with a l


. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Fig. Fiar. 390. fluence of Greek art, while the landscapes, still lives, and archi-tectural decorations are more specifically Roman in taste. To these wall-paintings also we shall have to return (see § 93). We add a few illustrations of single parts of houses, designed 368 INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OF PANS A, in accordance with the remaining specimens. Fig. 390 showsthe open court of the house of Sallustius (also called the house ofActaeon) turned into a garden. One side of it is occupied by thewall of the house, while the other shows a colonnade with a lowwall (pluteus) in the columnar interstices ; on the third side, neara fountain, the remains of which still exist, stands a sort ofverandah or bower, decorated by Mazois in the well-knownmanner of a triclinium. Fig. 391 shows the interior of the house of Pansa, from thereconstructive design of Gell. We first see the atrium, con-taining statues and other objects ; several alse and cubicula open


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