A Study of Roman Wall Paintings

[@kimberlypatton205]

My dream home has always been a modest Roman villa, with a central own garden and rooms on either side lined with columns.. now I must incorporate the use of murals and tromp l’oeil and incorporating them into my drawings! Just a hobby, I have the plans drawn already!

[@funfact8660]

Like my house on Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, I have a modest Romanesque villa, pool, statuary, artwork, and frescoes, all reproductions of course

[@PropaneWP]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for uploading in 4K quality.

[@PatSmith-wi1kz]

Roman art blew anything away before and after it

[@michaelschwaiger8071]

I’m very interested in the topic of Roman wallpainting, I even painted a room in my house in a design after the Villa Farnesina frescoes.

[@AncientRomeLive]

wow!

[@denizalgazi]

Sadly, almost all were lost. What few that do remain are fascinating! Thank you for showing these! 👍

[@AncientRomeLive]

The few end up being MANY if you consider we just showed a fraction of what is visible to the public. More to be shared in the future!

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

The true loss is all the Greek art that didn't make it through time. They did it first, on the wings of victory.

[@PatSmith-wi1kz]

@@Breakfast_of_Champions can you not appreciate the more advanced roman paintings? The Romans improved and made it art to the best level of all

[@PatSmith-wi1kz]

@@Breakfast_of_Champions who cares enjoy the much better Roman art

[@marcusaetius9309]

Absolutely fantastic! 👍🏻

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thank you!

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

I’ve always been partial to The Third Style, which is characterized by usually white or light-colored panels each showcasing a painting of a delicate style. Garlands, lamps, vases/urns etc., appear frequently and I think this is the style that most influenced Robert Adam, my favorite architect/decorator ever. I love his Neoclassical style.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Yes truly refined!

[@marijaokic2427]

How I wish it were possible for one to give the same video multiple likes! 😊

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thank you!

[@spencerignatescue158]

Watch every video the moment they come out

[@AncientRomeLive]

thank you!

[@gnolan4281]

It's fascinating to see how modern this is compared to the art of the Middle Ages which began centuries later.

[@fishmarkholmes1834]

I can’t wait to see the next level of Roman wall painting style . so excited and thank you for all your efforts.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thank you- coming later this summer

[@Eagle_of_Liberty]

Thank you very much for your contribution to culture! 🏛🥇

[@tempest411]

I am not an educated admirer of art, but I have always been struck by the amount of life in the art from ancient Rome. When the Empire fell, however you choose to define it, art became so dreary...I feel compelled to live life to the fullest when seeing art from the age of Julius Caesar, but am ready to lie down in the path of a garbage truck when seeing what the Christians produced in later centuries.

[@alanmaconnachie2655]

Thanks so much for your knowledgeable and concise commentary, it brings these amazing buildings to life.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thank you!

[@bullfrommull]

Love this. Seen a few of them.

[@EricsOzone]

Can not wait for the follow up video!

[@AncientRomeLive]

Stay tuned- later this summer!

[@WalkingToursVlog]

Very interesting video! I looked with pleasure! Thanks for sharing!

[@davidhart8621]

Amazing! So fun to see.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thank you!

[@randomrazr]

amazing how a destructive volcano can preserve so much history

[@renatovonschumacher3511]

A little restoration of the damaged parts would be desirable.

[@RP-mm9ie]

Thank you

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thanks for watching!

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

I think it’s great that they put a high-quality reproduction of the Alexander Mosaic back in situ in its villa. I think the landscaping has been reproduced from the Roman originals, based on the extensive research that was done on the original plantings. Yes, it’s “modern”, landscaping, but it is based on what was there originally, at the time of the Vesuvian eruption that buried the city.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Such a fantastic initiative. Great use of a copy!

[@christianfrommuslim]

I am not clear on the DIFFERENCES between the second and fourth styles. Please elaborate. Thank you for the explanations. I visited these places without knowing the four styles - even though I studied ancient art history in university.

[@AncientRomeLive]

2nd is all about the realistic architectural framework for individual genre panels ... 4th style is more playful with that framework and includes several types of genre paintings within the less realistic architectural renderings.

[@christianfrommuslim]

@@AncientRomeLive OK. Thanks!

[@marthaarya167]

Interesting

[@luluandmeow]

please dwell a bit longer on the paintings, your pace is too fast, thank you

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Thank you for this and your other surprisingly excellent videos! It's rare to get such a deep and well founded dive as merely a fascinated layman. Despite being already subsribed to many history channels, yours was only recommended after I banished many bitcoin crooks and political haters from the suggestions on the right.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Great to hear.. Ph.D. knowledge is what we are all about, produced for short videos! And we make all of our videos with original content filmed on location. Not sure how we can get the KZbin algorithm understand the value of that!!

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

@@AncientRomeLive Exactly, I greatly appreciate the expert level knowledge. KZbin is swamped with amateurs but the sensationalist clickbaiters are the worst. One has to find the raisins in the cake...

[@anna-lisagirling7424]

I never made it to Italy or beyond to indulge in the "lift" I always get when seeing ancient art. In the case of Pompeii and the surrounding region of human occupation, with the earthquake preceding the eruption of Vesuvius and the Big One itself sealing the city and region up, restoring those frescoes and the wall art in valued rooms that survived, I'm left stubbornly questioning the wisdom of leaving all that in its original form, intact. Vesuvius is overdue for her next hissy fit and I might just pass out from overwhelming grief to know all those painstakingly restored and refurbished examples of The 4 Styles, et al, got buried in volcanic products all over again. I'm thinking that squirreling the originals away from the worst seismic and volcanic zone for safety would be a better strategy. Am I out in left field here? Also, is there any evidence of good old fashioned spontaneous inspirational expression in the old empire or were the edicts of fashion so demanding of Romans (like those fanatically disciplined Egyptians!) that it perhaps didn't even occur to anyone? I would, just once, love to see some really iconoclastic examples of the equivalence of, say, Pablius Picassus, etc. I love the channel, btw!

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thanks so much for your comments. Many of the "best" works were cut out centuries ago and are now on display in the National archaeological museum of Naples. The best thing - from a conservation standpoint - is to preserve the frescoes in the original location.. Yes, Vesuvius will erupt again, sooner or later, but there's too much to remove and put into a museum. And no plans to do so..

[@motuekarewaka5145]

don’t understand why bc and ad are not used its very confusing date-wise

[@AncientRomeLive]

Honestly, its' something we are wrestling with..For academia and Darius' TV documentaries, the insistence is on BCE, CE... But for most people BC, AD seem to still be the norm... We have yet to nail down our own policy, so please bear with us!

[@motuekarewaka5145]

@@AncientRomeLive Why not just bracket it at least one would then see it.

[@dionf3858]

No Greek wall painting of any note survives but Greek painters were more celebrated than the sculptors and we know the influence that Greek sculpture had on Rome

[@carlobrotto7132]

Yes, we know greek sculpture was a template for roman one as much we do know ( better HISTORY OF ART teaches) the greek painters were not celebrated at all ( maybe they were in your childish bias), quite understandable looking at their manufacts survived that are infinitely of lower quality & artistic value compared with the Roman masterpiecing paintings. And if your pathetic envy of the Romans' greatness is not satisfied yet, we could talk of architecture, a field the ancient greeks were wild primitive if we look at the best architects in human history, the Romans...-:) !

[@Khaib123]

When is next video

[@itanchiro5524]

9:05 Please tell me she isn't doing what I think she is

[@robertgiles9124]

I wonder what is going on at 13:13. The guy on the right is having his privates handled. But further to the right a woman is coming over with a knife? Did Romans get circumcised?

[@PatSmith-wi1kz]

People give Roman art it's due not the lifeless sterile Greek stuff. Enuff of this fake Greek copy lies. Can't you accept that they are roman originals and not greek. Sick of this greek copy lie nonsense. Stop undermining Roman art and quality. Greek stuff is old boring news

[@johndavid9973]

“4th century BC”

[@kristijones5446]

What’s annoying is your use of BCE!!! It’s BC and AD!!! Jesus is King!

[@knarftrakiul3881]

Sodom and gahmora were destroyed because of their sexual perversion. Bible doesn't mention this old city but looking at some of the perverted paintings probably met same demise

[@Leonardo-iu5qp]

It's a bit annoying to hear the noise of the air hitting your microphone while you're talking.