Unswept Floor Mosaic Pompeii

The date of the mosaic fluctuates between the 3rd century bc and late 4th century very soon after the battles would have taken place.

Unswept floor mosaic pompeii.

The original is a simple but brilliant idea. Mosaic of an unswept floor from pompeii we are searching for a floor mosaic from pompeii showing the floor of a room badly cleaned after a meal with the debris of the food left on the floor. The alexander mosaic dating from circa 100 bc is a roman floor mosaic originally from the house of the faun in pompeii that is allegedly an imitation of apelles painting. The brighon mosaic with its cherry stems is of course a direct reference to the asaraton or unswept floor motif from roman times.

Unswept floor mosaic pompeii. Fragment of an asaraton or unswept floor mosaic from aquileia. Photo and mosaic by kind persmission of jim bachor. Entire mosaics could also be designed to provide specific trompe l oeil effects the most famous of which is the asarotos oikos unswept room mosaic originally attributed to sosos of pergamon.

This type of mosaic is known as asarotos oikos asavotos oicos asaroton oecus. A mosaic of the debris of a roman feast. One can imagine the high degree of workmanship this required to demonstrate in tesserae the metal the feathers and the water in this exquisite mosaic. Discarded fish and fruit.

Unswept and unwelcome trompe l oeil debris was a popular roman and hellenistic mosaic theme for dining rooms floors. Detail of a 5th century floor mosaic of a roman triclinium dining room which itself features. In the middle of the room is a reference to egypt and the nile with crocodiles birds aquatic plants and figures representing isis and osiris. Discarded remnants of a meal are realistically depicted on a plain floor of white tesserae thereby playing tricks on the viewer and encouraging him.