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Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 30 April 2013

Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome — A detail of the garden fresco from the winter triclinium (dining room) from the Villa of Livia, wife of Augustus, Rome. The life-size representations of trees, flowers, fruit and birds decorate all four walls of the room to create a continuous and 360° view of a garden which adds perspective by increasing clarity in the foreground subjects. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome).

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Mark Cartwright

Mark Cartwright

Mark is a history writer based in Italy. His special interests include pottery, architecture, world mythology and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share in common. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the Publishing Director at AHE.

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APA Style

Cartwright, M. (2013, April 30). Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/1161/

Chicago Style

Cartwright, Mark. "Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 30, 2013. https://www.ancient.eu/image/1161/.

MLA Style

Cartwright, Mark. "Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 30 Apr 2013. Web. 14 Oct 2019.

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