Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Choirmaster (Choregos) and Actors with Masks
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9986
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 80-110 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
First Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
tesserae made of basalt; limestone
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
54 cm (height) x 54 cm (width)
Subjects:
literary or legendary; Performing arts; choregos; actors
Description:
Theatrical scene of practice or preparation for a satirical play with perhaps Aeschylus as choirmaster (choregos). Rich in characters, it takes place in front of a portico with Ionic columns between which hang shields and garlands. It would have been a central emblem in a floor mosaic, in the fine style known as opus vermiculatum. From Pompeii, the House of the Tragic Poet (del Poeta Tragico) (VI.8.5). (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-CAA-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Choirmaster (Choregos) and Actors with Masks