Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Dionysus Mosaic
Alternate Title:
Young Dionysus
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; Largo di Villa Peretti, 2
GPS:
41.901359 12.498249
Date:
3rd century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
tesserae of stone
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Subjects:
decorative arts; deities; mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity); Bacchus
Description:
Central emblemata of a floor mosaic, 3rd c. CE Found on the via Flaminia, Rome. The central square with the bust is done in finer opus vermiculatum work. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.be niculturali.it/en/no de/482)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PM-BDM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Dionysus Mosaic