1. Interior of the Pantheon in Rome, painted by Pannini in c. 1750. The Pantheon was built by Hadrian c. A.D. 126.

2. Detail of aediculae and elaborate veneering of interior walls with marbles of different colors. The Pantheon, Rome.

3. Atrium of Casa Sannatica, Herculaneum. This splendid atrium with its upper level of engaged columns and false balustrade gives some idea of the grander Roman house.

4. Cubiculum from a house in Boscorial preserved by lava from eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Frescoes of false architecture in sparsely furnished Pompeian rooms set the precedent for trompe l'oeil backgrounds. This is an example of the so-called Second Style of Roman mural painting.

5. Second Style wall painting. Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii.

6. Red marble throne, Vatican. This is a copy of an original which is in the Louvre, Paris.