Unlike the houses of today, Pompeii houses were shaped to reflect who the owner was and further serve their political , business and/or social lives. Within the House of M. Epidius Primus, there is a duality in the activities and functionality, done in each particular room , that is determined by the houses architecture and portable objects. One thing that makes the House of M. Epidius Primus unique, is the inclusion of three of the four styles categorized by August Mau. This paper will be focusing on room zero, room one and room ten. Through scale and shape, room zero conveyed a curated view of portable objects, to a certain amount of guest and entryway to the house. Because of the portable objects, room zero equated the value of jewelry…show more content… Based on the descriptions on the description of the Roman architect, Vitruvius, Mau labeled the various wall painting styles that were present within the the houses in Pompeii ; there were a total of four styles that were categorized : Incrustation Style (first style), Architectural Style (second style) , Ornate Style (third style) , and Intricate Style (fourth style). Within the House of M. Epidius Primus, the first , second and fourth style are found in the walls. By having three rooms in the fourth style, the fourth style is the most used style, where it is on room three , five and and nine . Then the first style is second most used style found in two rooms- room one and four. And finally, the second style is in one room- room…show more content… There are two different kinds of colors on the wall that survive. The first color can be see on the fauces, that is on the left side of the window. One has a tan color as its bottom layer with a gray shading that is unevenly spread out as the top layer; on the far right corner and bottom, the wall is a very dark grey. The second wall color is on the bottom left corner of the picture. Half of the wall section is a dark wine color , while the other section has a lavender hue to it. Other than a two color schemes within the two fauces, the wall is plainly decorated; because of its plain decoration, the wall causes no special attention to a particular gender ; the gender neutrality is conveyed through the gray that is on both colors . What made the room special to draw people’s attention in , was the portable objects found
