. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 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 (plu
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 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. Fig. 391. into it (compare Fig. 386) ; we further see the triclinium, to theleft of which lies a cabinet; while to the right we discover thecorridors or fauces leading to the large peristylium, which itselfis visible in the distance with its lofty colonnades. Everythinggives the idea of a secluded comfortable home. Where the wealth of the owner or the situation of the housein the country gave additional space to the architect, he wasnaturally tempted to develop new and enlarged modes of led, in the former case, to the palace; in the latter, to thevilla. This distinction, however, cannot always be preserved;for, on the one hand, the town-palaces of later times sometimescomprised pleasure-grounds, &c, belonging properly to a country THE GOLDEN HOUSE OF NERO. 369 residence; while, 011 the other hand, the villa of a rich, luxuriousPoman took the form of a monumental palace. During the last century of the Republic the splendid mansionsof private persons begin to be mentione
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