Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Choirmaster (Choregos) and Actors with Masks

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Choirmaster (Choregos) and Actors with Masks
Image View: 
Detail, actors, two wearing masks and one playing the double flute
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/museoarcheologiconazionale)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-NAM-CAA-A02
Rights: 
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