apr 5, 200 BC - House of the Vettii
Description:
Date: 200 BCE ~ 100 CE67 CE ~ 79 CE (rebuilt)
Artist: unkown
Medium: Stone and Fresco
Location: Pompeii, Italy
Function:
- two brothers owned the house
- both were freedmen who made their money as merchants
Form:
- narrow entrance
- large reception area (Atrium)
- peristyle garden with fountain, statuary and more cubical
- axial system
- exterior lacks windows
- light comes from the atrium and the peristyle
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 5, 200 BC
Now
~ 2227 years ago