The second style (also called the “Illusionistic Style” and the “Architectural Style”) replaces the reproduction of stone blocks with landscape scenes. Wall paintings of the second style creates the illusion of a three dimensional space from what is actually a two dimensional space. The style opens the wall by portraying windows and porticos (which are essentially roofs supported by columns, almost like a porch) which guide the viewer’s eye towards imaginary scenes that were usually framed by painted columns and other architectural elements. So the space transcends the room using several perspective devices. Idyllic landscape paintings of the second style usually have sacred buildings and figures. Some scenes also feature events that stem from Hellenistic myth and theater. For example, the painting on the cubiculum (or bedroom) walls of the villa of Publius Fannius Synistor (now in the Met Museum) from Boscoreale contains Greek theater masks. The cubiculum walls have these architectural elements (columns and porticos) which frame architectural vistas. There is also an enormous villa painted on the walls, creating the impression that the viewer is in an expensive and elaborate villa and looking out to another through this wall painting. In this sense, this wall painting also functions to show the wealth of the villa owner, P.F. Synistor. However, the wall paintings also show the sophistication of the villa owner because of the references to ancient Greece. The Romans considered Greece a model society and so they had as many references to Hellenistic Greece in their villas (which is something they could not do in the more conservative Roman houses in the city.) The painting and sculpture that was modeled after Greek stylistic elements and traditions would afford the owner with the opportunity to speak about Greece and show his knowledge, therefore communicating his sophistication.