A history of art for classes, art-students, and tourists in Europe (1889)
Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · New York, Chicago, A.S. Barnes & company · leaf 104
Apartment in a Pompeian House. tectural pretensions. Dwellings of six and seven stories were builtin Rome. Those preserved in Pompeii have only two stories. Thistown, in the vicinity of Naples, was buried under a shower of ashesfrom the volcano of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 a.d. The various apart-ments of… … Plan of a Pompeian House. v The Vestibulum, or haU; 1, The Ostium; 2, The Atrium, off which are six cubicnla, or sleeping-rooms; 3, TheImpluvium, before which stands the pedestal, or altar, of the household gods ; U, The Tablinum. or chief room ;5, The Pinacotheca, or library and picture gallery;…
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