E19: Colosseum, B21: Baths of Trajan, D3: Forum Romanum, F26: Temple of Claudius, B6: Temple of Mars Ultor, B3: Forum of Trajan, E12: Temple of Venus and Rome, E25: Ludus Magnus, H8: Domus Flavia, K8: Domus Augustana, P1: Circus Maximus, I24:...
"Mosaic from the Augustan era that decorated the open triclinium of domus I, 5, 2; it is an allegory of the fleeting nature of earthly pleasures and of the leveling power of death. Below the skull, a butterfly and a wheel evoke the soul and...
This thesis traces the evolution of trends in stucco decoration during the late antique and early Byzantine periods. The focus of the thesis is to identify and explain the transition between the figural stuccowork trends of the fifth century and...
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Paintings; Portrait paintings; Murals; Portraits; Men; Dramatists; Authors; Comedians; People associated with entertainment & sports; Sitting; Clothing & dress; Wreaths;...
"In a niche at the back of the peristyle in the refined Pompeii domus that takes its name from this fresco, this portrait of the Athenian comedian Menander (end of the fourth century B.C.) was painted during the late Julio-Claudian era. The...
The purpose of this dissertation is to suggest that peace is an idea that changes throughout the history of the west, rather than to show how nations may achieve peace or to define what it is. It begins as a concept the power brokers refer to or...
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
This mosaic "constituted the horizontal bar of the T-form design of a dining room, or hall (triclinium), facing the guests as they entered." (Excerpt, p. 12)
"To the left Pasiphae, wife of the king Minos of Crete, is shown seated on a low chair with [a] back and one armrest. She is draped in a tunic falling to her feet. The garment leaves the right part of her upper body naked and is held by a gold...
"Daedalus, identified by an inscription, is shown with his legs wide apart with the left foot [taking] a step in the same direction. He is dressed in a short tunic held over his left shoulder with a large clasp. The garment is adorned with...
This mosaic "decorated the vertical bar of the T-form figured composition of the dining room floor to which the mosaic of Pasiphae and Daedalus belonged. The thick swastika-meander band in perspective at the top was the partition between the...
