Lubbock, Tom. The Still Life With Peaches. N.d. Photograph. Archaeological Museum, Naples. Slow Painting. Wordpress.com, 23 Nov. 2009. Web. 5 Dec. 2012.
One aspect of Roman art I find interesting is the use of ordinary, everyday objects in paintings. For example, the above painting of peaches and a vase. Found at Herculaneum, this painting is a good example of the Romans' love of still life. This was not a free standing painting, but was part of a much larger wall painting that included landscapes, narratives, and other decoration. In my opinion, they used these paintings to decorate their homes because they saw the beauty in objects that many of us take for granted.
While the artist is unknown, we can tell from the painting that they had a sophisticated eye. From the illusion of two shelves, to the artist's use of shadows and streaks of white to depict transparent water in a transparent container, their technique is far advanced. With the advancements in society at the time, I feel as though the progression to more advanced techniques of making art was a natural one. And although this piece isn't exactly perfect, it is still a great example of artist's ability to take a still life scene and from that create a 3 dimensional representation of what they saw or wanted to convey to someone looking at the painting.
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