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1 Greek Mosaics

2 Uruk: c BC- half columns with 3-toned patterns of clay pegs set in mud (decorates and strengthens)

3 Pebble Mosaics Pavement mosaics Figured scenes
Temple of Athena Pronaia at Delphi (6th c.BC) Geometric and floral patterns Figured scenes Athens, Corinth, Motya Olynthos ( BC)

4 Olynthos: Bellerophon fighting the Chimera c. 415

5 Pebble Mosaic Pella (last quarter of 4th c.BC) Elite houses
Smaller, more tightly packed pebbles Pella pebble mosaic

6 Transition to Tesserae Mosaics

7 Transition to Tesserae Mosaics
Shaped pebbles Simple designs without internal modeling

8 Transition to Tessarae Mosaics
Roughly shaped pebbles Shaped pieces for specific features

9 Transition to Tesserae Mosaics
Temple of Zeus at Olympia (c. 325BC) Morgantina, Sicily ( BC) House of Ganymede Results Different materials Varied colors

10 Tersserae Mosaics 2 techniques Opus tessellatum Opus vermiculatum
Colored head of Medusa surrounded by black and white geometric ornament (2nd c. AD)

11 Techniques Vitruvius Statumen, rudus, nucleus, setting bed, tesserae
Tesserae, setting bed, nucleus, rudus, statumen: according to Vaun.

12 Techniques Vitruvius Pattern books Preliminary drawings Rule and level
Smoothing Pattern books Preliminary drawings

13 Classical pavement patterns: selection of border ornaments

14 Tesserae Mosaics Alexandria Emblema from royal palace at Alexandria

15 Tesserae Mosaics Delos (1st half of 2nd c.BC) Pergamon
Introduction of smalti Pergamon Intermediary shades Optical illusion Home of Sosos

16 lft: “unswept floor” from the Aventine (2nd c. AD)
Right: Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli

17 Pompeii and Herculaneum
The Three Graces No attempt to copy painting Possible wall mosaic Pompeii or Herculaneum: The Three Graces, before AD 79, mural (unpolished)

18 The Alexander Mosaic House of the Faun (late 2nd c.BC)
Pompeii, House of the Faun: Alexander Mosaic (end of 2nd c. BC) The Alexander Mosaic House of the Faun (late 2nd c.BC)

19 Details of Alexander mosaic

20 Roman Black and White Pavements
Introduced in 1st c.BC Cheaper production method Ostia

21 Top: Ostia (fire brigade barracks)-lt 2nd or early 3rd c
Top: Ostia (fire brigade barracks)-lt 2nd or early 3rd c. AD: good ex of black and white style Bottom: Odysseus and the Sirens (soon after AD 123): Rome

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