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    A. Mau‚ a German scholar‚ established four distinct styles of Roman wall painting at the sites of Pompeii‚ Herculaneum‚ Boscoreal‚ and other smaller sites covered with ash from the volcanic eruption at Mount Vesuvius. The styles begin with one direction‚ shift completely‚ and end on a more combined technique. Style I‚ known as incrustation‚ began approximately during the second century b.c. This style features the strong influence of the Hellenistic Greek period in its surface decoration. At

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    How many people do you know are religious? In time many people came to not believe in any religion. Those who believe‚ where did these ideas originate‚ of a higher power? How have they developed to where they are now? Everyone knows how religion is to have started thousands of years ago. Originating with Judaism‚ others had been built off such as Christianity and Islam. Religion has gotten many cases of whether it is beneficial or if it is of no use. As many religions back then had been were polytheistic

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    Introduction This poster will compare and contrast two major volcanoes‚ Mount Vesuvius located on the Italian east coast and Mount Tambora located on the northern coast of Sumbawa island‚ Indonesia. Volcanoes are the most destructive natural disasters. Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora have caused great destruction in the past‚ killing many people and destroying entire cities. This poster will compare and contrast the volcanoes types/structure‚ the cause of the eruptions and the current levels

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    graphein – meaning to write‚ draw‚ or scratch. (This gives us the common word root –graph.) Graffiti was first labeled as such in 1851 in reference to ancient inscriptions etched into the walls – that is‚ “scratches” – of the ruins of the city of Pompeii. The definition has since expanded to include all sorts of public art‚ from hastily made drawings to elaborately executed street art. Learn how to draw graffiti with this course. Cave Paintings and Graffiti Artistic expression – especially on the

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    Porta is well known because of the variety of foliage it depicts and how identifiable these plants are. According to Kuttner‚ the first painted trees can be dated back to 80 CE at Pompeii‚ demonstrating an already existing Roman interest in foliage that does not yet relate to Augustus’ rule . These tree frescoes at Pompeii lack the amount of detail and perspective that the Garden Room fresco has‚ but they nonetheless provide an important look at how landscapes were originally painted in a Roman setting

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    Shaelynn Williams Mrs. Anderson‚ 3rd hour Junior AP English 18 September 2015 Persuasive Essay Throughout history‚ time travel has been an imaginative dream of many. The British show Doctor Who brings those‚ and many other dreams to life. For most any who have seen the incredibly genius show Doctor Who‚ it is hoped‚ dreamt‚ and wished to be real. The episodes are filled with suspense‚ humor‚ terror‚ and raw emotion. Everyone should watch this blockbuster show because it is entertaining‚ emotional

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    first time in more than a century has covered parts of Pompeii in thick grey ash over several miles. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius.‚ burst into life just when people were busy in their regular businesses. Police said a witness described flashes and explosions followed by a cloud of ash more than 4 miles high (7km) coming from the mount Vesuvius. A great cloud was leaving the top of the mountain; Vesuvius was erupting. The people of Pompeii started to run out of the town‚ but more than 2‚000 of

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    Bibliography: Stanley Abercrombie Sherrill Whiton. Interior Design and Decoration‚ Pearson. New Jersey‚ 2008 Lynne C. Landcaster. Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome‚ Cambridge University Press‚ 2005 Butterworth‚ Alex and Laurence. Pompeii: The Living City‚ New York. St. Martinʼs Press‚ 2005

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    or stopped. People seem to look to blame something or someone for these things but we are only able to do so much to lessen the consequences of these disasters. Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. It killed 16‚000 people and preserved the city of Pompeii by completely covering it in a pyroclastic cloud of searing hot ash and rock. The cloud moved at speeds of 100-650 MPH at temperatures that ranged from 100 Celsius to 1200 Celsius. These people had zero knowledge of any of the dangers they were putting

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