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Most of the frescoes remain intact and in place in the House of the Vettii. The walls are covered with elaborate mural paintings categorized as the Fourth Style, a type of decoration that developed in the Roman Empire about 100 years before the destruction of Pompeii.
The above black and Pompeian red walls of the banquet hall are decorated with cupids employed in various crafts and trades of the first century. Also scattered about the walls of this room are small detailed paintings of mythological legends. |
