5 abr 200 ano antes da era comum - House of the Vettii

Descrição:

Date: 200 BCE ~ 100 CE
67 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