Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome

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A section of the garden fresco from the triclinium or dining room from Livia's Villa, Rome, 1st century BCE. The fresco runs around all four walls and gives a 360° panorama of a luxuriant garden with birds and insects against a brilliant blue sky. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

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Mark Cartwright
Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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Cartwright, M. (2013, August 11). Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1380/garden-fresco-livias-villa-rome/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." World History Encyclopedia, August 11, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1380/garden-fresco-livias-villa-rome/.

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Cartwright, Mark. "Garden Fresco, Livia's Villa, Rome." World History Encyclopedia, 11 Aug 2013, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1380/garden-fresco-livias-villa-rome/.

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