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Describe and compare the four styles of Roman wall painting. How did they evolve? Use examples to support your essay.

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The solution provides a discussion, description and images of four styles of Roman wall paintings at Vesuvius, with Web-based Refrence URL cited.

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The four types of Roman wall paintings that Mau described from the buried Roman city of Vesuvius are explained quite well at this web site: http://thouarthistory.blogspot.com/2009/04/four-styles-of-roman-wall-paintings.html
which you might want to read yourself to explain things better than this abbreviated version that I will provide. 200 words is not much! Images which illustrate each of these styles are also included on this site, which you can copy and paste into your paper, or simply cite. ...

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