. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ^ —1 l!t ^ -1. Ground-plan of the House of the Nereids, or Meleager. charming in Pompeii. The front is covered with a plain whitestucco, imitating stone, and resting on a plinth coloured toresemble grey marble, and surmounted by a red fillet. Evenin the vestibule we see promise of the abundance of ornament HOUSE OF MELEAGER. 423 which the mansion contains. The walls are divided intothree coniiDa
. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ^ —1 l!t ^ -1. Ground-plan of the House of the Nereids, or Meleager. charming in Pompeii. The front is covered with a plain whitestucco, imitating stone, and resting on a plinth coloured toresemble grey marble, and surmounted by a red fillet. Evenin the vestibule we see promise of the abundance of ornament HOUSE OF MELEAGER. 423 which the mansion contains. The walls are divided intothree coniiDartments : the lower, forming the plinth, is black ;the centre, red; the upper, white. We may take thisopportunity to point out a circumstance which probably hasalready caught the readers attention, that in the Pompeianhouses the walls are very frequently divided into two ormore horizontal bands or compartments of diiferent colours ;and that then the darkest colours are almost always placedlowest, the shades becoming lighter as they approach theceiling. This difference of colour might perhaps be intendedto give the effect of greater height and airiness, and thepainter further took advantage of it to produce gr
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