My Visit to the Jaw Dropping Getty Villa in Malibu
Mood:  energetic
Topic: Frescoes

I'm back! Finally. I had my first home basketball game last night and we won our season opener! I wasn't able to update last night because i was so swamped after the long day of school and the grueling game. Without further adieu, here are the results of my Roman fresco scavenger hunt at the Getty Villa:

For the scavenger hunt, my class was required to run about the Getty Villa, trying to track down at least 15 Roman frescoes, take pictures of each one, and identify which style of Roman painting it fell under. THere were four of these Roman painting styles:

1. Style 1 - "Incrustation" imitation of marble veneering, resembled slabs of colored marble.
2. Style 2 - "Architectural" - opened up the wall, had lots of shading to provide a 3-D effect, usually framed by painted columns.
3. Style 3 - "Ornamental" - abandoned style 2's characteristics, has an obvious border around the painting to give a picture gallery effect.
4. Style 4 - "Intricate Style" - takes a little bit of all the styles and mixes it into one. Has an "intricate" look.