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Cubiculum D in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii (VI.15.1/2)

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Description: Cubiculum D in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii (VI.15.1/2)
TitleCubiculum D in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii (VI.15.1/2)
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date75–100 A.D.
Creation date (description)Third quarter of the first century A.D.
Object typeArchitecture
SubjectsArchitecture, RomanMural painting and decoration, RomanMythology, Greek, in art
StatusLooking east, showing fresco of fishes and the Ariadne panel to the left
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4. Ekphrasis and the Gaze: From Roman Poetry to Domestic Wall Painting
Jaś Elsner
Description: Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text
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IT WAS ONLY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY that the term “ekphrasis” came to be applied exclusively to the description of works of art...
Author
Jaś Elsner
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 2007 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.67-109
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-32014&redirecttoanchor=108671
Chapter subject tags:Mural painting and decoration, RomanAesthetics, ClassicalMythology, Greek, in artPompeii (Extinct city)EkphrasisPoetry, AncientOvid, 43 B.C.–17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses

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