
Then we see the shrubbery surrounding the meticulously painted trees. It begins with the detailed, weak fence that appears to look the closest to the viewer. The most dominant one being atmospheric perspective. There were a number of techniques used to create this illusionistic 3D world in the walls.

The villa is located at Primaporta, just north of Rome. This fresco of a gardenscape is a perfect example of the second style Roman wall painting. It is a ‘picture-window mural” and has been painted on the walls of a Villa that had been dedicated to Empress Livia, wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus.

Instead, Second style artists painted the walls of a room with the aim to create the illusion that a three-dimensional world is surrounding you. Second style painting began around 80 BCE and was completely different from the First style.
