Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Ancient Italian
8. ancient Italian wall painting styles
9. Pompeian wall painting styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the style of wall painting first developed in Rome during the reign of Augustus, and later in Pompeii. In its early phase, the style is characterized by fanciful, elegant, slender ornament, partial perspectives and unstable planes separated by solid areas of typically black, red or yellow. In the 1rst century CE, the mature Third Style featured increasingly elaborate architectural and mythological scenes.