Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . assage. 7. Parlour. 12. Dining-Room. 17. Boudoir. 3. Hall. 8. Passage. 13. Winter Dining-Room. 18. Portico. 4. Rooms. 9. Library? 14. Saloon (Drawing-Room). 19. Saleroom. 5. Wings. 10. Peristyle. 15. Kitchen. 20. Passage to Side Door. the Vettii, which departs somewhat freely from thecustomary disposition of apartments. It would be tempting to indulge in rhetoric andto dwell upon the magnificence of some of the moreluxurious houses of the wealthy Romans; to describetheir ostentation of rich marbles in pillar, wall, orfloor — the white marbles of Car
Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . assage. 7. Parlour. 12. Dining-Room. 17. Boudoir. 3. Hall. 8. Passage. 13. Winter Dining-Room. 18. Portico. 4. Rooms. 9. Library? 14. Saloon (Drawing-Room). 19. Saleroom. 5. Wings. 10. Peristyle. 15. Kitchen. 20. Passage to Side Door. the Vettii, which departs somewhat freely from thecustomary disposition of apartments. It would be tempting to indulge in rhetoric andto dwell upon the magnificence of some of the moreluxurious houses of the wealthy Romans; to describetheir ostentation of rich marbles in pillar, wall, orfloor — the white marbles of Carrara, Paros, andHymettus; the Phrj^gian marble or pavonazzetto THE ROMAN TOWN HOUSE 165 with its streakings of crimson or \dolet; the orange-golden glow of the Numidian stone of giallo antico ;the Carystian marble or cipollino with its onion-like layers of white and pale-green; the serpentinevariety from Laconia, and the porphyry from Egj^ might descant upon the lavish wall-paintings,representing landscapes real and imaginary, scenes. Fig. 42. — House of the Vettii at Pompeii. A second storey extended over the corners and front partsincluded under the nine small crosses. from mythology and semi-history, floating figures,genre pictures, and pictures of still life; or uponthe mosaics in floor and wall depicting similarsubjects and often serving to the occupants not somuch in the place of pictorial art as in the place ofwall-papers and of Brussels or Kidderminster car-pets. We might speak of the profuse collectionsof statuary, of the gilding on ceiling and cornices,of the colours shed by the rich curtains and awnings i66 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD of purple and crimson, of the grateful sound of waterplashing in the fountains and basins or babbling
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