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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/970/978-22.jpg
Title	House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy, Alexander Mosaic.
Creator	Philoxenos of Eretria (Greek painter, active late 4th century BCE)
Date	Mosaic: 1st c. BCE; Greek wallpainting: 310 BCE?
Cultural Context	Ancient Roman Italian Aegean Greek Ancient Greek Persian Turkish Near Eastern Middle Eastern Anatolian European Western European
Style/Period	Roman (ancient Italian style) Greek (ancient) Hellenistic
Theme	Architecture (object genre) Buildings Houses Dwellings Domus Mosaics (visual works) Floors (surface elements) Pavements (surface elements) Narrative (artistic device) Narratives (document genres) Storytelling History (discipline) Battles Battlefields Armed conflicts Wars Issus, Battle of, Turkey, 333 B.C. Deaths Scenes (depictions) Eye-level views Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Three-quarter views Oblique views Profiles (figures) Men (male humans) Heroes Kings (people) Royalty Leaders (people) Rulers (people) Monarchs Officers (military officers) Warriors Soldiers Military personnel Equestrians Cavalries Motion Gesture Costume (mode of fashion) Military uniforms Uniforms Shields (armor) Armor (protective wear) Helmets Headgear Spears (weapons) Swords Lances (cavalry weapons) Edged weapons Staff weapons Weapons Horseback riding Riding (traveling) Sitting Horses Riding horses (animals) War horses Animals Domestic animals Back views Bridles Chariots (ancient vehicles) Horse-drawn vehicles Vehicles (transportation) Trees
Subject	Architecture Buildings Houses Dwellings Residential facilities Mosaics Mosaic pavements Floors Storytelling History Campaigns & battles Battlefields Military maneuvers Military life War Warfare Homicides Death Military leadership Leadership Men Kings Rulers People associated with politics & government People associated with military activities Military officers Heroes Warriors Soldiers Military personnel Cavalry Lancers Clothing & dress Military uniforms Uniforms Shields Armor Helmets Headgear Spears Daggers & swords Arms & armament Horseback riding Riding Sitting Gestures Fighting Locomotion Human locomotion Animal locomotion Horses Animals Bridles Chariots Vehicles Trees
Description	An adaptation of a Greek wallpainting of c. 310 BCE by Philoxenos of Eretria. The culminating moment in the Battle of Issos between Greeks and Persians, the confrontation between Alexander and Darius.
People Pictured	Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. Darius III, King of Persia, d. 330 B.C.
Location Depicted	Turkey Asia Minor Anatolia Near East
Material	Glass (material) Stone (rock) Rock Mosaic glass Tesserae (mosaic components)
Measurements	8 ft 10 in x 17 ft (2.7 x 5.2 m)
Technique	Mosaic (process) Inlay (process)
Work Type	Architecture Buildings Houses Dwellings Mosaics Mosaic pavements Pavements (surface elements) Floors
Repository	Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Italy)
Source	Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 9.46, p.321)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Pedley courtesy: © Fotografica Foglia, Naples.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 978-22.jpg
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