Pompeii, Its Life and Art

Name: Pompeii, Its Life and Art
Author: Mau, August

Mau, August

Pompeii (Extinct city)

160. Transverse section of the house of Vettii, restored.
     From an original drawing.* (Cf. _Röm. Mitth._, 1896, pl. 2)   324

     161. Base, capital, and section of entablature from the
     colonnade of the peristyle in the house of the Vettii. From
     a drawing.* (Cf. _Röm. Mitth._, 1896, p. 31)                  326

     162. View of the peristyle of the house of the Vettii,
     looking toward the south end. From a photograph               327

     163. System of wall division in the large room opening on
     the peristyle of the house of the Vettii                      329

     164. Psyches gathering flowers. Wall painting in the house
     of the Vettii. From a photograph                              330

     165. Cupids as makers and sellers of oil. Wall painting in
     the house of the Vettii. From a photograph                    332

     166. Press for olives. From a wall painting found at
     Herculaneum. Naples Museum. Drawing after _Pitture di
     Ercolano_, Vol. I, pl. 35                                     333

     167. Cupids as goldsmiths. Wall painting in the house of the
     Vettii. From a photograph                                     334

     168. Cupids gathering and pressing grapes. Wall painting in
     the house of the Vettii. From a drawing.* (Cf. _Röm.
     Mitth._, 1896, p. 81)                                         336

     169. Cupids as wine dealers. Wall painting in the house of
     the Vettii. From a photograph                                 337

     170. Cupids celebrating the festival of Vesta. Wall painting
     in the house of the Vettii. From a drawing.* (Cf. _Röm.
     Mitth._, 1896, p. 80)                                         338

     171. The punishment of Ixion. Wall painting in the house of
     the Vettii. From a photograph                                 340

     172. Plan of the house of Acceptus and Euhodia (VIII. v.-vi.
     39)                                                           341

     173. Longitudinal section of the house of Acceptus and
     Euhodia, restored. From an original drawing                   342

     174. Plan of a house without a compluvium* (V. v. 2)          343

     175. Transverse section of the house without a compluvium,
     restored. From an original drawing.* (Cf. _Röm. Mitth._,
     1895, p. 148)                                                 344

     176. Plan of the house of the Emperor Joseph II (VIII. ii.
     39)                                                           345

     177. Bake room of the house of the Emperor Joseph II, at the
     time of excavation. After Mazois, Vol. II, pl. 34
     (Overbeck-Mau, Fig. 4)                                        346

     178. Capital of a pilaster at the entrance of the house of
     the Sculptured Capitals (VII. iv. 57). From a photograph      349

     179. Plan of the house of Pansa (VI. vi. 1)                   350

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