Asarotos Oikos
thumb ''Asàrotos òikos'' ''(), "the unswept floor, unswept house" -'' iconography of Ancient Roman mosaics depicting the dirty remnants of a banquet. Created by Sosus of Pergamon Sosus of Pergamon () was a Greek mosaic artist of the second century BC. He is the only mosaic artist whose name was recorded in literature. After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Greeks of major centers such as Pergamon and Alexandria d ..., according to Pliny:" ososlaid at Pergamon what is called the ''asarotos oikos'' or 'unswept room,' because on the pavement was represented the debris of a meal, and those things which are normally swept away, as if they had been left there, made of small ''tessera'' of many colours." ''Natural History (XXXVI.LX.184)''One of the best examples is now in Vatican museum. References {{Reflist Sources * Fathy, EhudIn the Guise of the Popular: the Deceptive Image of the Asàrotos Òikos Mosaics. March 2022. Eikon / Imago 11:31-46 * Fathy, Ehud. “The as ...
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Messy Floor Mosaic
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Sosus Of Pergamon
Sosus of Pergamon () was a Greek mosaic artist of the second century BC. He is the only mosaic artist whose name was recorded in literature. After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Greeks of major centers such as Pergamon and Alexandria displayed their wealth in decorations that included mosaics. Works The two famous works of Sosus include: The Unswept House '' Asarotos oikos, The Unswept House'' () depicts the floor of a room covered with the remains of a feast, including fish, fruit and other fragments of food. Doves Drinking from a Bowl A mosaic from Hadrian's Villa, now in the Capitoline Museums, depicts a group of doves on a round bowl. As described by Pliny, one dove is drinking while the others are sunning themselves. ''The Doves of Pliny'', or the ''Capitoline Doves'' depicts the doves artistically but realistically. The mosaic is made only of cubes of colored marble, without any colored glass as in other mosaics. It was discovered in 1737 during excavation ...
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Mosaics
A mosaic () is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/Mortar (masonry), mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Rome, Ancient Roman world. Mosaic today includes not just murals and pavements, but also artwork, hobby crafts, and industrial and construction forms. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean civilisation, Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with wall and ceiling mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries; that tradition was adopted by the Norman dynasty, Norman Kingdom of Sicily in the 12th century, by th ...
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Ancient Roman Art
The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories of its Roman Republic, Republic and later Roman Empire, Empire, includes Roman architecture, architecture, painting, Roman sculpture, sculpture and Roman mosaic, mosaic work. Luxury objects in metal-work, engraved gem, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and Roman glass, glass are sometimes considered to be minor forms of Roman art, although they were not considered as such at the time. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also highly regarded. A very large body of sculpture has survived from about the 1st century BC onward, though very little from before, but very little painting remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality. Ancient Roman pottery was not a luxury product, but a vast production of "fine wares" in ''terra sigillata'' were decorated with reliefs that reflected the latest taste, and provided a large group in society ...
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