Masks ok Comedy and Tragedy. A Carved Frieze, sketched by J. M. S. CHAPTER VI. ROMAN AND POMPEIAN DECORATION. … The third reaches to the time of the removal of the seat of empire to Byzantium. The decoration usually consisted of ornamental forms diver- sified by portraits, figures, and landscapes. Mosaic was used for the floors and sometimes for the walls. The ceilings were gilded, painted, and occasionally…
Interior decoration
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