Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Fish Mosaic

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Fish Mosaic
Image View: 
Detail, a stylized dolphin
Creator: 
unknown (Roman or Iberian (ancient) mosaicist)
Location: 
repository: Regional Archaeological Museum of Madrid (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain)
Location Note: 
Plaza de las Bernardas
GPS: 
+40.482828-3.369144
Date: 
mid 3rd- mid 4th century (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 stone tesserae
Technique: 
mosaic (process)
Subjects: 
animal; decorative arts; Dolphins; Roman Empire; fish
Description: 
The first incursions made by Roman troops in what is today the region of Madrid (then known as Carpetania) date back to the early second century BCE. After completing their conquest in the 1st century BCE, they built Complutum (today Alcalá de Henares); this was surrounded by agricultural villas. This is the only Roman town in the Madrid district. The museum houses many mosaics taken from the villas; the end date for most of these is a period of development in the 4th century CE. This mosaic comes from the Casa de los Peces (House of the Fishes), dated mid 3rd to mid 4th centuries CE. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-S-RAM-FM-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.