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August Mau named four periods of painting after this location, whose ornamental Fourth style is exemplified by dining room frescos patronized by the Vettius brothers. In an artwork from this location, a soldier (20[1])stares at his reflection in a shield below an emperor reaching out from a chariot. A statue of a dancing (20[1])faun (0[2])names a (20[1])(*) house in (10[1])this location (10[5])that contained (10[1]0[1])a (10[1])mosaic (10[2]0[1])depicting (10[3]0[1])Alexander at the Battle of (10[2])Issus. (10[2])Abandoned domus at this location include the Villa of the Mysteries, whose walls depict the Dionysian mysteries. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, some of the best-preserved examples (10[1])of Roman (10[1])painting were found at the ruins (10[1])of what (10[2])city, (10[3])which (10[1])like Herculaneum, was (10[1])destroyed (10[1])by Mount Vesuvius? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Pompeii [accept Pompeiian Styles or Pompeiian Periods; prompt on the Villa of the Mysteries or Villa dei Misteri or House of the Faun or House of the Vettii by asking “What larger site is that part of?”]
<Ganon Evans, Fine Arts - Painting - European to 1600&gt; ~25717~ &lt;Editor: Chandler West>
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y35100%9%0%79.77

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