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Terentius Neo and wife Date: after 62 AD Dimensions: 65 cm high x 58 cm long Technique: Fresco Style: Early Fourth Style wall Pompeii
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Terentius Neo and wife Name: Baker was thought to have owned the house where the portrait Pacuvius Proculus – a was found. OR The house may have been owned by Terentius Neo – a lawyer.
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Terentius Neo and wife Woman Red ribbon (signifies married woman) Chestnut coloured hair in curls Winged eye-brows Light pink skin tone Clearly quite young Eyes wide and almond shaped Stylus Hinged wooden writing tablet Red/purple dress (aristocratic)
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Terentius Neo and wife Man Short (and fashionable!) haircut Large crease on forehead Darker skin tone Straggly beard and ‘tache Scroll with wax seal Big ears
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Terentius Neo and wife Figures overlap Frontal aspect Typical southern Italian features Skin tones reflect some Greek influence – lighter for the woman Background is plain and light-coloured which complements and does not detract from the subject – typically Pompeian red frame.
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Terentius Neo and wife Study in ambient light, with highlights and shading to give a realistic modelling of both features and clothes. Frontal aspect – couple’s bodies are angled SLIGHTLY towards each other, with faces forward. Only head and torso are considered important.
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Terentius Neo and wife Artistic conventions: Scroll – maybe a marriage scroll (which would make this a wedding picture) Stylus and tablet are more conventional – and can be seen in other Pompeian paintings…even the pose is replicated elsewhere
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Terentius Neo and wife
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Artistic conventions: Fashionable to portray women with stylus and wax tablet – we can’t assume that she was literate. It is, however, being held open to her husband…some commentators have suggested this indicates openness between the couple?
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