OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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Revise: Visual and Material SourcesThe ‘Sappho’ fresco, from Pompeii, is now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, inventory 9084. It dates to AD 55–79. The traditional name is not secure evidence that the woman is the Greek poet Sappho; the prescribed interpretation is an educated, upper-class Pompeiian woman.
- Revise: Everyday life
A wall painting made on plaster, used as evidence for ancient activities, dress and artistic conventions.
- Revise: Frescoes
A painting made on plaster, usually while the plaster is still wet.
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- Revise: Visual and Material Sources
A painting made on damp plaster, with the colours becoming fixed as the plaster dries.
- Revise: Physical Analysis and Purpose of Material Remains
A wall painting made by applying pigments to wet plaster.
- Revise: Roman Housing
A wall painting made on plaster, used to decorate Roman interiors.