I visited recently with Paolo Biondi, a former colleague of mine who has written a book about Livia’s life. It is open on the first, third, and occasional fifth weekend of each month, as well as some week day mornings, and it’s free! Roma Nord trains run from Piazza Flaminio and stop just a short walk away at the station of Prima Porta. There are no real obstacles to reaching the site. The statue, now based in the Vatican museums, and the frescoes, housed at Palazzo Massimo, are the closest most people get to seeing this villa and learning about the life of Livia, wife of Augustus and mother of his successor Tiberius. Print.NB: Following the pandemic, many sites are still closed and it is worth checking directly about their opening plans/timesįew Roman residents and tourists have heard of Livia’s villa, despite the fact that one of the most famous statues of Emperor Augustus was found at this site in northern Rome, as well as one of the most beautiful sets of frescoes. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History. Overall, the artist had managed to create a “window” into another world, and capture the sense of depth that the Second Style of Roman painting aims to achieve. Finally, we see the dark green color that gradually develops and allows the viewer to imagine how deep one could walk through that foliage. There are also birds in the background to show depth in the sky. They appear slightly blurrier than the trees painted in the front. beyond that are more lush-looking trees but in less detail. Then we see the shrubbery surrounding the meticulously painted trees. It begins with the detailed, weak fence that appears to look the closest to the viewer. The most dominant one being atmospheric perspective. There were a number of techniques used to create this illusionistic 3D world in the walls. The villa is located at Primaporta, just north of Rome. This fresco of a gardenscape is a perfect example of the second style Roman wall painting. It is a ‘picture-window mural” and has been painted on the walls of a Villa that had been dedicated to Empress Livia, wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus. Instead, Second style artists painted the walls of a room with the aim to create the illusion that a three-dimensional world is surrounding you. Second style painting began around 80 BCE and was completely different from the First style.
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