Within the Funerary Banquet, the main idea is feasting, music and dancing while The Tomb of Augur’s main theme is the historical importance for the ritual ceremony of funerary games. In both paintings there is a narrative scene with the utilization of composite, two dimensional forms to show motion in order to describe the series of events that take place during these commemorations. Simple registers are used in both paintings to emphasize the significance of these ceremonies and to help layout the story and to divide up scenes for clear understanding. The registers in The Tomb of Augur are long horizontal lines that differ in width and help emphasize the main themes. The Funerary Banquet makes use of one main register to split the scene into two to show the difference in hierarchical status of the figures within the painting. The funerary banquet and the tomb of Augur are both rendered in a composite view and make use of nude to semi nude individuals. Similar colors are also employed within these paintings as they’re both done in similar fresco styles. The Funerary Banquet has both men and women as subjects, women usually being shown in lighter skin than men and are a reference to fertility, rebirth and regeneration for the tomb. While The Tomb of Augur has only male subjects that help emphasize the often violent and bloody masculinity of the funerary games. All the subjects of authority within these paintings are idealized, and are characterized with elaborate outfits. The purple robe symbolized royalty and high authority for the male figure in the tomb of Augur while the intricate linen clothes, garlands and lotus flowers show the elaborate fashion and prestige these figures attained in the Funerary Banquet. The background in the Funerary Banquet in not emphasized like the figures are, it is a solid cream color whereas the background in The Tomb of Augur’s contains plants a birds.
Within the Funerary Banquet, the main idea is feasting, music and dancing while The Tomb of Augur’s main theme is the historical importance for the ritual ceremony of funerary games. In both paintings there is a narrative scene with the utilization of composite, two dimensional forms to show motion in order to describe the series of events that take place during these commemorations. Simple registers are used in both paintings to emphasize the significance of these ceremonies and to help layout the story and to divide up scenes for clear understanding. The registers in The Tomb of Augur are long horizontal lines that differ in width and help emphasize the main themes. The Funerary Banquet makes use of one main register to split the scene into two to show the difference in hierarchical status of the figures within the painting. The funerary banquet and the tomb of Augur are both rendered in a composite view and make use of nude to semi nude individuals. Similar colors are also employed within these paintings as they’re both done in similar fresco styles. The Funerary Banquet has both men and women as subjects, women usually being shown in lighter skin than men and are a reference to fertility, rebirth and regeneration for the tomb. While The Tomb of Augur has only male subjects that help emphasize the often violent and bloody masculinity of the funerary games. All the subjects of authority within these paintings are idealized, and are characterized with elaborate outfits. The purple robe symbolized royalty and high authority for the male figure in the tomb of Augur while the intricate linen clothes, garlands and lotus flowers show the elaborate fashion and prestige these figures attained in the Funerary Banquet. The background in the Funerary Banquet in not emphasized like the figures are, it is a solid cream color whereas the background in The Tomb of Augur’s contains plants a birds.