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eyesaremosa1cs · 10 months

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escapismsworld · 3 months

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✨Pretty floor mosaics✨

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lionofchaeronea · 3 months

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Mosaic of sea creatures (the so-called "Fish Catalog") from the House of the Geometric Mosaics (VIII.2.16) at Pompeii. Artist unknown; ca. 100 BCE. Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. Photo credit: Massimo Finizio.

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Rome #Pompeii #art #art history #ancient art #Roman art #Ancient Roman art #mosaic #sea creatures #NAM Naples

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dduane · 2 years

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“Fish Pond mosaic by Gary Drostle. It's made of vitreous ceramic tesserae using a ‘reverse technique’ and measures 2 meters in diameter. Made for a small public garden in Croydon, Surrey, UK, it won several art awards.“ (via Archaeohistories at Twitter)

#mosaic #fish #modern

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uncleclaudius · 2 months

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One of the panels of a mosaic of a cheery skeleton uncovered in Turkey in 2016, probably dated to the Late Roman era Antioch. The word can be transliterated as EUPHROSYNOS (cheerful).

#ancient rome #roman empire #ancient history #antioch #skeleton #mosaic #roman era #roman antioch #ancient art #ancient civilisation #ancient civilisations #ancient culture #memento mori

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high6 · 27 days

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For the last six months I've been working with designs for rugs instead of illustrations. This tiger image is an overly reworked sketch that I shouldn't have finalized, but I wanted to draw every little pixel, just like I have to do at work now. I'd like to reflect the synthesis of smooth line and broken pixel in a more meaningful way, but so far this is the most I've had the energy to do.

#illustration #digital art #art #artists on tumblr #tiger #mosaic #I love tigers guys #original art

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blueiskewl · 5 months

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‘Incredible’ Mosaics Were Found in an Ancient Luxury Home in Rome

Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has called the works “an authentic treasure.”

Researchers working in the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum in Rome have shared their discovery of luxurious mosaic-tiled rooms found in an ancient home on the site, which they believe may have belonged to a Roman senator. Created from shells, glass, white marble, and Egyptian blue tiles, the mosaics have been described by Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano as “an authentic treasure”.

The “rustic” mosaics, found on the grounds surrounding the Colosseum in the heart of the city, date to the late Republican Age, in the last decades of the second century B.C.E., and show a series of figurative scenes. They once decorated a townhouse, or domus, owned by an upper class citizen. Italy’s Ministry of Culture have said that “due to the complexity of the scenes depicted” and their age, the mosaics are “without comparison.”

One mosaic depicts a coastal city with towers and porticos, with three large ships floating by on the ocean waves. The culture ministry believes this could be a reference to naval victories achieved by the owner of the home, which is believed to have been a Roman senator. This is supported by historical sources describing the area as having been occupied by such high-ranking members of society.

The decorated walls were likely located in the home’s dining rooms, where luxurious banquets would be hosted, and guests at these events were likely wowed with “spectacular water games,” according to the culture ministry, based on the presence of lead pipes set into the walls.

In the reception room, an extremely well preserved decorated stucco featuring landscapes and figures was also discovered. Other designs include vines and lotus leaves flowing from vases, musical instruments, and tridents.

The mosaic walls were first discovered near the Colosseum in 2018, but excavation at the site will continue into 2024, and more rooms could be discovered. Alfonsina Russo, the Director of the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum, has said that once the domus is full uncovered, “we will work intensely to make this place, among the most evocative of ancient Rome, accessible to the public as soon as possible.”

By Verity Babbs.

#‘Incredible’ Mosaics Were Found in an Ancient Luxury Home in Rome #Archaeological Park of the Colosseum #Late Republican Age #second century B.C.E.#mosaic #roman mosaic #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient rome #roman history #roman empire #roman art

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ancientorigins · 1 month

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Zeugma Mosaic of Icarus and Daedalus, Roman period, Turkey

#turkey #mosaic #art #history #historicart #ancient #zeugma #roman period

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hook-line-and-sinker · 9 months

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Goofy Mosaic Wet Creatures Id like to share with the class

#fish memes #sea creatures #marine creatures #marine biology memes #marine biology #ocean life #marine life #squid #fish #mosaic

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dogsinart · 7 months

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Mosaic floor from 100-200 BC. Museum of Greco-Roman Art, Alexandria.

#dogs in art #ancient egypt #ancient greece #dog #ancient #mosaic

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vsthepomegranate · 2 years

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From Palestine in Pictures : A Byzantine-era mosaic floor that was uncovered recently by a farmer in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, is seen on 18 September. The farmer said he stumbled on it while planting an olive tree last spring and quietly excavated it over several months with his son. Experts say the discovery of the mosaic is one of Gaza’s greatest archaeological treasures, which are threatened by a lack of resources and the constant threat of Israeli violence.

by Ashraf Amra / APA images

#Palestine #archeology #byzantine #mosaic #ancient art #israeli apartheid #Gaza

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pagingcs · 2 years

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