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Roman Housing
When one thinks of Roman housing, images of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum typically come to mind. Exquisitely preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., these architectural remains provide us with stunning insight into the domestic patterns of Romans in Italy in the first century A.D. However, the archaeological remains of the Roman empire are rich with domestic spaces, stretching from the western edge of Spain to the far eastern extremes of the empire. The term "Roman housing" can encompass many kinds of living spaces. Poorly built and maintained tower blocks in cities known as insulae housed the lower echelons of society in hazardous and overcrowded conditions. In the countryside, the poor lived in small villages or farms, in stone-built structures. The exploitation by the elite of hired and slave labor in agricultural endeavors and animal husbandry provides a more unusual category of Roman housing—rooms within industrial complexes such as olive oil factories, where a workforce lived during the production season. At the other extreme of the social scale, the elite had their impressive townhouses, and usually in addition their large villas or rural retreats with expansive floor plans, numerous entertainment spaces, and rich marble decoration, reflecting the importance for the elite of the domestic space for the creation of their public persona.
Roman Housing | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art 192.17 ) or the perseus and andromeda scene ( 20.192.16 ) from the villa of agrippa posthumus at boscotrecase. ... floors were also decorated, often with cut marble ( opus sectile ) or with tessellated mosaics. the mosaics could be quite simple, representing geometric shapes, or very elaborate with complex figural scenes. north africa and syria are perhaps the most famous for their mosaics, popularizing hunting scenes in late antiquity.
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Picture - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections 2008 gallery location: in store image in copyright summary more information map download pdf version this picture is an example of a mosaic within a mosaic. augusto moglia was involved in the restoration of some of the mosaics in saint peter during his time at the vatican workshop. the large wall mosaics in saint peter's basilica were created using the traditional technique for glass mosaics. in this picture they have been reproduced using the smalti filati technique.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O157873/picture/ [864 words]
Snuffbox - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections carved bloodstone, hardstone mosaic credit line: the rosalinde and arthur gilbert collection on loan to the victoria and albert museum, london museum number: loan:gilbert.438-2008 gallery location: gold, silver & mosaics, room 72, case 1, shelf 3 image in copyright summary more information map download pdf version hardstone mosaics were a speciality of italian workshops, especially those of rome and florence.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O156540/snuffbox/ [512 words]
Plaque - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections glass micromosaic and gilt metal credit line: the rosalinde and arthur gilbert collection on loan to the victoria and albert museum, london museum number: loan:gilbert.206:1, 2-2008 gallery location: gold, silver & mosaics, room 72, case 6, shelf 3 image in copyright summary more information map download pdf version this plaque depicts romulus and remus, the legendary founders of rome, who were rescued as infants from the river tiber by a female wolf.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O157838/plaque/ [465 words]
Cabinet - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Museum for Art and History cabinet... cabinet 1 - introduction 2 - statement piece 3 - inside and back 4 - pietre dure ... title... cabinet with pietre dure mosaics... year... c. 1660-70... artist... melchior baumgartner ... technique... various woods, ivory, lapis lazuli, pietre dure, gilt silver and copper, chrysoprase and touchstone... dimensions...
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/BK-1999-85?page=3&lang=en&context_space= [276 words]
National Gallery of Art, Giovanni Battista Calandra (Getty Museum) although he may have first studied painting in his native town, he moved to rome after the death of his father in 1602 where he studied mosaic art with marcello provenzale. with the renewal of interest in italian mosaics in the early 1600s, provenzale worked as a restorer of ancient mosaics. he invited calandra's collaboration on his projects in the vatican and in saint peter's basilica. these were the first of calandra'
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=920 [223 words]
Brooch - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections micromosaic with a gilded silver (silver-gilt) frame credit line: the rosalinde and arthur gilbert collection on loan to the victoria and albert museum, london museum number: loan:gilbert.162-2008 gallery location: gold, silver & mosaics, room 72, case 6, shelf 1 image in copyright summary more information map download pdf version with her mother and brother, beatrice cenci (1577-99) arranged for her tyrannical father, francesco, to be assassinated.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O156598/brooch/ [583 words]