Sujet

Mosaic Floor with Animals (7), about A.D. 400. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Mosaic Floor with Animals (7), about A.D. 400. Additional Info: Elaborate patterns surround the central medallions of this mosaic, which depict birds pecking at foliage and a hare eating grapes. Four additional border pieces decorated with geometric designs (70.AH.96.2-.5) originally framed this panel of the mosaic. Excavated in 1938 just east of the ancient city of Antioch (present-day Antakya, Turkey), the mosaic decorated the floor of the entryway to the frigidarium (cold-water room) of a public bath. The building was also used as a place for gathering and entertainment. Although the bath was small in scale, its fine construction and lavish decoration attest to the wealth and taste of the prosperous landowners in the countryside surrounding Antioch.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A66_112

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,1Mo (1,9Mo) / 42,0cm x 16,2cm / 4960 x 1912 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal Italy interior complexity bird birds country Rome bathing baths panoramic pattern Turkey color design ancient Roman mosaic location century floor inside antiquity image complex flooring geometric interior design concept fragment antiquities geometrical interior decoration medallion decorative arts Colour Patterned Indoors Ancient Roman Ancient Rome 5th century Akdeniz kiyisi Antioch Hatay Ili tesserae TGN portrait Antakya frigidarium Unknown stone letterbox format Heritage Art Mosaic architecture Stone tesserae