The style of the mosaic is Hellenistic (quatidian theme, dog ...) and the style of painting is the 4th Pompeian style or illusionist. (characteristics of the 4th style: theatrical architecture / mythological scenes / fantastic compositions / inclusion of nudes / sensation of depth)

Antecedents and influences: The Roman domus departed, both in structure and decoration of the Greeks, which since the third century BC were already decorated with mosaics and paintings. The model and technique of mosaics and paintings were also inherited from the Greek world. The art of the Roman mosaic influenced the decoration of Early Christian churches and Byzantine churches. Later influences: as the debris was discovered in the eighteenth century. What influenced Neoclassicism.

House of the Tragic Poet

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