Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Floor Mosaic with Cockfight
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Floor Mosaic with Cockfight
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Alternate Title:
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Combattimento di galli
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Image View:
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Overall view of central panel, "framed" in the floor with marble strips; on the table are a palm, caduceus, and moneybag
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19; First floor, from the Santangelo collection
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GPS:
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+40.8534+14.2505
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Date:
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ca. 10-79 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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floor (surface element)
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Work Type 2:
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mosaic (visual work)
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Classification:
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mosaics
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Material:
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colored stone tesserae
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Measurements:
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110 cm (height) x 110 cm (width)
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Description:
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Central emblemata of a floor mosaic from Pompeii, two cocks confront each other in combat before a table displaying the winner's prizes: the purse (a moneybag) flanked by a caduceus and a palm of victory. The center panel is done in the fine opus vermiculatum style with small tesserae. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-MWC-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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