Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Head of Medusa and City Scene Floor Mosaic
Image View:
Overall view of floor mosaic
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) mosaicist)
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 112284
Location Note:
Piazza Museo, 19
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 150 BCE-79 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:
colored glass and stone tesserae
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Subjects:
cityscape; decorative arts; mythology (Classical); seascape; Pompeii (Extinct city)
Description:
Large black and white mosaic with head of Medusa (or a Gorgon) in center. The upper panel represents a vessel moored by her stern to a quay; a boat is rowing away from her. The lower panel represents a city gate and a palm tree. This was a threshold mosaic to protect the house and its inhabitants. From the House of the Centenary ( IX.8.3-6), Pompeii, discovered 1879. The house was given its modern name to mark the 18th centenary of the disaster of 79 CE. Built in the mid-2nd century BCE, it was remodeled in 15 CE. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-HMM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Head of Medusa and City Scene Floor Mosaic