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Description: Mosaic pavement: Apollo and Daphne

TitleMosaic pavement: Apollo and Daphne

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation date275–300 AD

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsStone

LocationPrinceton University, Art Museum, New Jersey

https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/29457

Accession numbery1965-219

SubjectsGods, Greek, in artNymphs (Greek deities) in artMosaics, Roman

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3. Ancient Geology, Living Rock, and Ex Uno Lapide

Fabio Barry

Description: Painting in Stone: Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the...

Painting in Stone: Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment

~As temples in marble, then other civic buildings as well, became common in fifth-century Greece, her natural philosophers came to reflect on minerals, and the first scientific literature on geology was born.

Author

Fabio Barry

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.49-79

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00283.4

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22086&redirecttoanchor=72951

Chapter subject tags:Alexandria (Egypt)--HistoryArchitecture, RomanMarble in architectureGeology--HistoryArchitecture, AncientArchitecture, Ancient--EgyptArchitecture and philosophyNymphaea (Architecture)Mineralogy--HistoryMineralogyGeologyMosaics, RomanPolychromy (Architecture)

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Farnese Hercules

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

LocationNational Archaeological Museum, Naples

Accession number6001

Farnese Hercules

Centaurs floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 120–130

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsNatural stones

Dimensions23 x 36 in. (58.5 x 91.5 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/697074

Accession numberMos. 1

Centaurs floor mosaic

Apollo Belvedere, detail of legs

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date120–140 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

Accession number1015

Apollo Belvedere, detail of legs

Apollo Belvedere

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date120–140 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH. 224 cm

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1015.0.0

Accession numberM_1015_0_0

Apollo Belvedere

Decadrachm from Syracuse with the head of Arethusa

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. 405 BC

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsSilver

Decadrachm from Syracuse with the head...

Decadrachm from Syracuse with the head of Arethusa

Description: Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants, detail of large frieze of the Zeus Altar...

Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants, detail of large frieze of the Zeus Altar from Pergamum

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/798385

Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants,...

Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants, detail of large frieze of the Zeus Altar from Pergamum

Mosaic portraying creatures of the sea

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)Probably after Pergamene

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 100 BC

Object typeMosaic

LocationMuseo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

Mosaic portraying creatures of the sea

Barberini Muse or Apollo Barberini

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationGlyptothek, Munich

Accession number211

Barberini Muse or Apollo Barberini

Eros stringing his bow

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)Copy of a bronze by Lysippos of c. 330 BC

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

LocationCapitoline Museums, Rome

http://www.museicapitolini.org/it/percorsi/percorsi_per_sale/palazzo_nuovo/galleria/statua_di_eros_che_incorda_l_arco

Accession numberinv. MC0410

Eros stringing his bow

Battle of Alexander and Darius, detail of fallen warrior gazing at his reflection

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 100 BC

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMosaic

LocationNational Archaeological Museum, Naples

Accession number10020

Battle of Alexander and Darius, detail...

Fallen warrior gazing at his reflection, detail of the Battle of Alexander and Darius, mosaic from House of Faun, Pompeii

Apollo Belvedere, detail of head and shoulders

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date120–140 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

Accession number1015

Apollo Belvedere, detail of head and...

Apollo Belvedere, detail of head and shoulders

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Apollo Belvedere, detail of torso

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date120–140 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

Accession number1015

Apollo Belvedere, detail of torso

Hall of the Cubicles, room 6, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Hall of the Cubicles, room 6, floor...

Hall of the Cubicles, room 6, floor mosaic

Tetradrachm from Syracuse with the head of Arethusa

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. 485 BC

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsSilver

Tetradrachm from Syracuse with the head...

Tetradrachm from Syracuse with the head of Arethusa

Tetradrachm from Macedonia with the head of Zeus

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. 359–336 BC

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsSilver

Tetradrachm from Macedonia with the head...

Tetradrachm from Macedonia with the head of Zeus

Battle of Alexander and Darius

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After an original possibly by Philoxenos of Eretria of c. 300 BC

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 100 BC

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMosaic

LocationNational Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy

Battle of Alexander and Darius

Battle of Alexander and Darius, mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompei

Theatre mask and a panther

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Object typeMosaic

LocationMusei Vaticani, Vatican City

Theatre mask and a panther

Pastoral scene, with a seated statue

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Object typeMosaic

LocationMusei Vaticani, Vatican City

Pastoral scene, with a seated statue

Hall of the Cubicles, room 2, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Hall of the Cubicles, room 2, floor...

Hall of the Cubicles, room 2, floor mosaic

Tazza Farnese

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 180–150 BC

Object typeContainer

MaterialsChalcedony

Dimensions23.4 cm diameter

LocationMuseo Archeologico, Naples

Tazza Farnese

Larger Baths, floor mosaic, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Larger Baths, floor mosaic, detail

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Doves drinking

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After Pergamene original by Sosos

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Object typeMosaic

Materialsmosaic

LocationNational Museum, Naples

Doves drinking

Water Court, chamber beside the northwest interior border, floor mosaic, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Water Court, chamber beside the...

Water Court, chamber beside the northwest interior border, floor mosaic, detail

Theatre mask and a griffin

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Object typeMosaic

LocationMusei Vaticani, Vatican City

Theatre mask and a griffin

Hall of the Cubicles, room 8, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Hall of the Cubicles, room 8, floor...

Hall of the Cubicles, room 8, floor mosaic

Tetradrachm from Macedonia with the head of Hercules

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 17

Creator roleMetalist

Creation datec. 336–323 BC

Object typeCoin/Medal

MaterialsSilver

Tetradrachm from Macedonia with the head...

Tetradrachm from Macedonia with the head of Hercules

Hall of the Cubicles, room 9, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Hall of the Cubicles, room 9, floor...

Hall of the Cubicles, room 9, floor mosaic

Residence, basilica, floor mosaic panel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeMosaic

LocationMusei Vaticani, Vatican City

Residence, basilica, floor mosaic panel

Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants, detail of large frieze of the Zeus Altar from Pergamum

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/462870/

Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants,...

Zeus and Athena in conflict with giants, detail of large frieze of the Zeus Altar from Pergamum

Hall of the Cubicles, room 11, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Hall of the Cubicles, room 11, floor...

Hall of the Cubicles, room 11, floor mosaic

Theatre masks and a lyre

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Object typeMosaic

LocationMusei Vaticani, Vatican City

Theatre masks and a lyre

Residence, floor mosaic, border detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeMosaic

LocationMusei Vaticani, Vatican City

Residence, floor mosaic, border detail

Sarcophagus with slaughter of Niobids by Artemis and Apollo

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 150

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

Sarcophagus with slaughter of Niobids by...

Sarcophagus with slaughter of Niobids by Artemis and Apollo

Gemstone of Agrippa with nymphaeum on reverse

Posted by:John Carlson

May 24

Creator name (description)After Graevius

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

LocationAmerican Academy in Rome

Gemstone of Agrippa with nymphaeum on...

Gemstone of Agrippa with nymphaeum on reverse

Circular Hall, chamber opening off to the northeast, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeMosaic

Dimensions33 1/2 x 38 5/8 in. (85 x 98 cm)

LocationCapitoline Museum, Rome

http://en.museicapitolini.org/collezioni/percorsi_per_sale/palazzo_nuovo/sala_delle_colombe/mosaico_delle_colombe

Accession numberinv. MC0402

Circular Hall, chamber opening off to...

Circular Hall, chamber opening off to the northeast, floor mosaic

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

Apollo Belvedere, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date120–140 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationVatican Museums

Apollo Belvedere, detail

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Hall of the Cubicles, room 10, floor mosaic

Posted by:Reviewer 3

Jul 08

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Hall of the Cubicles, room 10, floor...

Hall of the Cubicles, room 10, floor mosaic

Portico Suite, central room, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Portico Suite, central room, floor...

Portico Suite, central room, floor mosaic

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Hercules, from the Aula Regia of the imperial palace on the Palatine hill

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 81–96

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsDark green stone

DimensionsH: 373 cm

LocationPalazzo Farnese, Parma, Italy

https://complessopilotta.it/opera/scultura-colossale-raffigurante-eracle/

Accession numberGN. 970

Hercules, from the Aula Regia of the...

Hercules, from the Aula Regia of the imperial palace on the Palatine hill

Hall of the Cubicles, room 3, floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Hall of the Cubicles, room 3, floor...

Hall of the Cubicles, room 3, floor mosaic

Residence, basilica, floor mosaic panel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeMosaic

LocationMusei Vaticani, Vatican City

Residence, basilica, floor mosaic panel

Fountain Court West, floor mosaic, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–125

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Fountain Court West, floor mosaic,...

Fountain Court West, floor mosaic, detail

Two faces of a stamnos

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 14

Creator roleDraftsman

Object typeDrawing

LocationFrom Millingen, "Peintures antiques de vases grecs," plate 23

Two faces of a stamnos

Unswept floor

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator name (description)After Pergamene original by Sosos

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation daten/a

Object typeMosaic

Materialsmosaic

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

Unswept floor

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Residence, room beside the basilica, floor mosaic, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeMosaic

LocationTivoli, Italy

Residence, room beside the basilica,...

Residence, room beside the basilica, floor mosaic, detail

Villa floor mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation dateAD 120–130

Object typeMosaic

LocationAltes Museum, Berlin

http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&objectId=697074

Accession numberMos. 1

Villa floor mosaic

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

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