The decorative periods . peii and Herculaneum give us some idea of the lostGrecian paintings, for most of the Pompeiian as well as Romanworks are reproductions of originals by Greek masters. The apartments of the Pompeiian house were all withoutwindows. Walls were divided into a dado, a middle and an uppersection. The dado generally had a black ground with simpleornaments or linear decorations. The Decorative Periods 67 The purple, green, blue or violet ground of the middle spacewas enlivened with one or more figures or landscapes having or-namental borders. The upper space was usually white,
The decorative periods . peii and Herculaneum give us some idea of the lostGrecian paintings, for most of the Pompeiian as well as Romanworks are reproductions of originals by Greek masters. The apartments of the Pompeiian house were all withoutwindows. Walls were divided into a dado, a middle and an uppersection. The dado generally had a black ground with simpleornaments or linear decorations. The Decorative Periods 67 The purple, green, blue or violet ground of the middle spacewas enlivened with one or more figures or landscapes having or-namental borders. The upper space was usually white, enlivened with gracefulscenes in various colors. There were, however, apartments, thewalls of which began with yellow dadoes and terminated withblack friezes. Besides very rich arabesc|ues, there were garlands,fruit, masks, candelabra, animals, which, imitating nature withgreat fidelity, arrested the eyes of the beholder. The wallsalways terminated at the top in a small painted stucco concave,from which the ceiling GREER
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