De architectura, 7.4.4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De architectura, 7.4.4
Quotation
Ipsi autem politionibus eorum ornatus proprios debent habere ad decoris rationes, uti et ex locis aptas et generum discriminibus non alienas habeant dignitates.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architcture: Building: Domestic Structure: Interior
Architecture: Architectural Feature
Object/ Person Ornamented
'politio', 'polish, finishing' on interior walls-- 'stucco' (as in Loeb) or more generally painted and plastered wall covering (whether including mouldings (what we tend to identify as 'stucco' in classical art history), or otherwise
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting: Wall Painting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Carving
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Iconography of painted and/or moulded plaster
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Craftspeople and wall painters
Item Identifier
A00210
Determination
Derived directly from text