Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Four Columns with Mosaics
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Image View:
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Detail, base of the column decorated wave motif and shells
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9995; 9996; 10000; 10001
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo, 19
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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before 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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column (architectural element)
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Work Type 2:
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mosaic (visual work)
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Material:
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pasta vitrea (glass paste) tesserae
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Technique:
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mosaic (process)
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Subjects:
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decorative arts; Pompeii (Extinct city)
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Description:
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From the Villa delle Colonne a mosaico (Villa of the Mosaic Columns), which lies just west of the town of Pompeii, outside the Porta Ercolano, on the east side of the street, street number: 12.15.
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-CDC-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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