Mosaic Floor Patterns In The House Of The Faun

The house of faun consists of the alexander mosaic which represents the battle of issus fought between darius iii emperor of persia and alexander the great in 333 bc this artwork was probably copied from a painting by the philoxenus of eretria.

Mosaic floor patterns in the house of the faun.

Even though opus signinum was the more common material used in constructing pavements of the second and first centuries bc the famous alexander the. Cat with bird ducks and sea life. Triton with an octopus and squid forum baths herculaneum roman mosaic of an octopus. Download this stock image.

The alexander mosaic dating from circa 100 bc is a roman floor mosaic originally from the house of the faun in pompeii that is allegedly an imitation of apelles painting. Floor mosaic the alexander mosaic. The alexander mosaic dating from circa 100 bc is a famous roman floor mosaic originally from the house of the faun in pompeii. Probably a copy in second pompeian style of a hellenistic painting.

The mosaic which was found in the house of the faun is made up of three registers. The focus of the decoration of the house the alexander mosaic is placed on the central visual axis between the first and second. Floor mosaic from house of the faun pompeii. Ancient roman mosaic prtraying sealife from the british museum.

The house of the faun was the largest and most expensive residence in ancient pompeii and today it is the most visited of all the houses in the famous ruins of the ancient roman city on italy s western coast the house was a residence for an elite family and it took up a whole city block with an interior of some 3 000 square meters nearly 32 300 square feet. The renowned alexander mosaic from the house of the faun in pompeii probably copies a greek painting done by philoxenos of c. Floor mosaic from the house of the faun pompeii. 300bc roman mosaics were a common way of decorating the floors and.

It depicts a battle between the armies of alexander the great and darius iii of persia and measures 5 82 x 3 13m 19 ft x 10 ft 3in. It is not hard to imagine the feelings of a visitor being received in the room the awe in seeing a mosaic so splenderous on the floor not even on the wall. In the upper one there is a scene of genre a cat with speckled and streaked hairs in the act of catching a cock the legs of which are tied with a red cord in the middle one a nilotic painting an in the lower one a still life. The date of the mosaic fluctuates between the 3rd century bc and late 4th century very soon after the battles would have taken place.