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Floor mosaic showing the Great Hunt, detail of injured lioness attacking a hunter

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Description: Floor mosaic showing the Great Hunt, detail of injured lioness attacking a hunter
TitleFloor mosaic showing the Great Hunt, detail of injured lioness attacking a hunter
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation date300–400 CE
Creation date (description)4th century CE
Object typeMosaic
MaterialsMosaic tile
LocationVilla Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily
SubjectsMosaics, RomanRoman Villa of Casale (Piazza Armerina, Italy)Hunting in artAnimals in art
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1. Abattoir: The Spectacle of Slaughter
Alan C. Braddock
Description: Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
Is Earth an abattoir—a planetary slaughterhouse? A few data points to consider...
Author
Alan C. Braddock
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© Yale University Press
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00341.2
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23299&redirecttoanchor=91911
Chapter subject tags:EcocriticismMosaics, RomanSlaughtering and slaughter-housesBataille, Georges, 1897-1962Animal sacrificeColosseum (Rome, Italy)Hunting in artRoman Villa of Casale (Piazza Armerina, Italy)

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Description: Wild animal hunt, staged
Wild animal hunt, staged
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. AD 300–400
Object typeMosaic
Materialsmosaic
Wild animal hunt, staged
Wild animal hunt, staged
Description: Great Hunt Mosaic, detail: Ethiopian leading a team of oxen
Great Hunt Mosaic, detail: Ethiopian leading a team of oxen
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. 301–400 A.D.
Object typeMosaic
LocationImperial Villa, Piazza Armerina, Italy
Great Hunt Mosaic, detail: Ethiopian...
Great Hunt Mosaic, detail: Ethiopian leading a team of oxen
Description: Physical Liberty, plaster model displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St....
Physical Liberty, plaster model displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameMacNeil, Hermon Atkins
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1904
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPlaster
Physical Liberty, plaster model...
Physical Liberty, plaster model displayed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis
Description: The Deer Hunt
The Deer Hunt
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameBaumann, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1919
Object typePrint
MaterialsColor woodcut, on cream laid paper, pieced
DimensionsImage: 16.4 × 100.8 cm (6 7/16 × 39 5/8 in.)
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/9352
Accession number1923.987–88
The Deer Hunt
The Deer Hunt
Description: Death of the King of the Herd
Death of the King of the Herd
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameProctor, Alexander Phimister
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1917
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions69.9 × 25.4 × 44.8 cm (27 1/2 × 10 × 17 5/8 in.)
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/102220
Accession number1984.168
Death of the King of the Herd
Death of the King of the Herd
Description: Locked in Death (Dear and Panther)
Locked in Death (Dear and Panther)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameKemeys, Edward
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1886–1890
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions17.8 × 34.3 × 16.5 cm (7 × 13 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/56690
Accession number1899.39
Locked in Death (Dear and Panther)
Locked in Death (Dear and Panther)
Description: Rollout photograph of Vase K8829, Pacific Coast of Guatemala
Rollout photograph of Vase K8829, Pacific Coast of Guatemala
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 03
Creator nationality/cultureMaya
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation datec. AD 600–900
Object typeContainer
Rollout photograph of Vase K8829,...
Rollout photograph of Vase K8829, Pacific Coast of Guatemala
Description: Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of The Good Shepherd mosaic
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of The Good Shepherd mosaic
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. AD 425–450
Object typeMosaic
LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of...
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of The Good Shepherd mosaic
Description: Penance of St. John Chrysostom
Penance of St. John Chrysostom
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1509
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.8 x 20.1 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1418802&partId=1
Accession numberE,1.246
Penance of St. John Chrysostom
Penance of St. John Chrysostom
Description: St. Eloy in his Workshop
St. Eloy in his Workshop
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMaster of Balaam
Creator name (description)Attributed to Master of Balaam
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1440–1460
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (11.5 x 18.5 cm)
LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.55291
Accession numberRP-P-OB-963
St. Eloy in his Workshop
St. Eloy in his Workshop
Description: Mosaic of the Black Camel-riders
Mosaic of the Black Camel-riders
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. 301–400 A.D.
Object typeMosaic
Dimensions33.1 × 38.6 in. (84 × 98 cm)
LocationMusée National du Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia
Mosaic of the Black Camel-riders
Mosaic of the Black Camel-riders
Description: Nilotic mosaic (detail): Pygmy armed with a stick
Nilotic mosaic (detail): Pygmy armed with a stick
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureTunisian
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation datec. 75–125 A.D.
Object typeMosaic
DimensionsOverall dims: 224.4 × 190.9 in. (570 × 485 cm)
LocationMusée Archéologique, Sousse, Tunisia
Nilotic mosaic (detail): Pygmy armed...
Nilotic mosaic (detail): Pygmy armed with a stick

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