animals from roman and byzantine mosaics :-)

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Continuity of geometric patterns between Greek vase painting & Roman mosaics also true for figuratives. Documenting & reproducing allows me to better understand some techniques.
Persephone and Hades Kylix, ca. 430 BC, British Museum, Original & Digital Variations

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I will give you a naughty illustration, but there were people who
were not good at sexuality, so I put a lot of mosaics.😔

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While we see slaves depicted in Roman frescoes & mosaics—often skulking in the margins & shown as diminutive in size—there’s no image more powerful of their cruel treatment than the shackles around the ankles of a slave who failed to escape

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a wee review of the galleries, I have visited beyond UK shores. The Arian Baptistery was built in the small square of the former Arian cathedral. The cupola is adorned with mosaics depicting the 12 Apostles & the baptism of Christ, immersed in water to the hips.

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Endless summer 3.0: A series of digital mosaics inspired by the brightest season. Images of summery nostalgia created with pieces of memories and experiences. Reconstructed moments of happiness to decorate our present and our future. https://t.co/ta7xD3ITAv

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Endless summer 3.0
A series of digital mosaics inspired by the brightest season. Images of summery nostalgia created with pieces of memories and experiences. Reconstructed moments of happiness to decorate our present and our future. https://t.co/rw5MbIE5lC by

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Some funky creatures I haven't found in mosaics yet, the Bearded Snakes originated in Greece where they are depicted as the Hydra fought by Herakles, and in relation with the Gorgon.
https://t.co/YijIAriF1M

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i reupload Reward "Shikibu Swimsuit -紫式部(水着)" on Fanbox. By adding mosaics to some images according to the rules of Fanbox and i will follow this rule in next work.
But you still can see "Clear uncersered" if you get High-res image(Ultimate tier)

https://t.co/5H34utDb44

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Sometimes all what's left of mosaics are hard to find drawings or pictures. I was quite happy to find last week 2 patterns I had never met before ! 😃 WHich of course I started to map !
One from the Insula Sertoriana in Rome.
https://t.co/R3l9copgiC

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A villa was unearthed at East Coker in 1753 and again in 1820

Sadly the walls were robbed for stone and the mosaics stolen but some record of their grandeur survives

A thread for

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Griffin. One of may amazing mosaics from the royal necropolis of Gonur Tepe, late III - early II millennium BC, BMAC, from the archaeological expedition to Margiana (Turkmenistan) directed by Victor Sarianidi... https://t.co/TTgqzsf3ge. Compare these mosaics with Minoan paintings

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Many of the WPA/FAP public artworks (including murals, sculptures & mosaics) touched upon the subject of labor, in its many forms, as a source of inspiration.

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Medusa mosaic - Casa del Planetario in Italica - Sevilla, Spain & my reconstruction of geometric elements allowing to build its bottom. Geometric Roman mosaicsseldom used more than 4 colors : White, Black, Red and Yellow, or variations thereof.

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I'm Nellie, I'm a someday-palaeoartist from Brisbane, Australia, and in the meantime I love drawing animals made from plants! I call these Biosaics (like bio-mosaics) and they're the best game of Tetris ever

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I really don't get why you can't just have no mosaics at all. People have been ripping the scenes uncensored with skeleton viewer and uploading it online for years, so we know that the uncensored genitalia versions not only exist, but are also easily available.

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Amazing mosaics & illustrations from Pafos, Cyprus based visual designer Charis Tsevis at https://t.co/cRuxYkTzOD Taken from a series of illustrations for the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session 19, © Charis Tsevis

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Wonderful contemporary mosaics by Italian artist Bruno Cerboni. https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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