Description
The diversity of the styles of Roman London’s 1st century paintings suggests that there were multiple groups of painters throughout the city, many of them being from the continent. These paintings provide a catalogue of Roman paintings in London during the inception and expansion of the city. They offer an unique opportunity to study the stylistic nature of Roman paintings in Britain but also its evolution from well-established continental schemes to local styles. It also allows the further and more effective grouping other similar paintings found throughout the south-east of England and may shed light on the itinerancy of the groups of painters that travelled the developing landscape of the province.
Image description: Senior Building Material Specialist Han Li laying out Roman plaster fragments from The Liberty development site in south London © Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA)
The lecture will be live streamed on our YouTube channel but not recorded.