🦁🐆 It’s lion versus leopard this #MosaicMonday! This stunning scene comes from the Casa delle Colombe a mosaico at Pompeii. It seems the lion truly has the upper hand, standing over the prone leopard. The power of the lion’s claws are matched by its direct stare at the viewer.
🏛️ MAN Napoli (inv. no. 114282)
🌟Daedalus, Icarus, and Pasiphaë🌟
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate this gorgeously detailed mosaic panel. Pasiphaë, attended by a young woman and Trophos, watch on as Daedslus and Icarus work on a wooden effigy. Eros with a cheeky bull’s head are hidden under Pasiphaë’s stool.
This scene is part of the Venus and the Gladiators Mosaic in the dining room of the Bignor villa dating to the fourth century AD. It was in a 2-hectare-wide palatial structure. It is in West Sussex north of Chichester (Noviomagus Reginum). #MosaicMonday
A wonderful mosaic of #Neptune brilliantly preserved Neptune was the great Roman mythical God of the Sea 🌊🌊🌊 📍Ruins of Paestum, Salerno (500-450BC) 📷me #Italy #WorldOceanDay #Sea #MythologyMonday #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Architecture #History #Art #Photography
🎭It’s theatre time this #MosaicMonday with a troupe offering a comedic performance (the smiling masks are the giveaway!). The play itself we’re not sure about but the tambourine, small cymbals, and the double flute share a connection with the goddess Cybele.
The mosaic was found in the so-called Villa of Cicero near Pompeii and is now held in the MAN Napoli.
The ‘Shell Mosaic’ from Verulamium - the third largest town in Roman Britain (modern day St. Albans). The mosaic is one of 49 discovered during excavations and dates to around 150 AD. The mosaic is on display at Verulamium Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
Neptune's triumph black and white mosaic in the frigidarium of Neptune's baths in Ostia Antica. The baths were built late during the reign of the emperor Hadrian and dedicated early (~139 AD) in the reign of Antonius Pius. The building was east of the theatre. #MosaicMonday
For #MosaicMonday: Part of an octopus sculpture at Sunset Dunes, the new park in San Francisco.
"The 30-foot long, 7-foot high sculpture by Peter Hazel encourages kids to climb Octavius and shows off orange and purple mosaic tiles during the day and LED-lighted tentacles at night."
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/great-highway-park-sunset-dunes-guide/ or https://archive.vn/n6uUu
The Gladiator Mosaic
The stunning detail of the Gladiator Mosaic uncovered in 1834 on the Via Casilina outside Rome are now held in the Villa Borghese.
It's Monday, Latin dies Lunae - day of Luna, goddess of the #Moon. Therefore, for #MosaicMonday a detail of a mosaic from the #Roman villa at Orbe-Boscéaz, Yverdon-les-Bains region, Switzerland, depicting Luna in a two-horse chariot.
Happy Monday to all of you!
It is now junius, June, the first of summer months. In this mosaic Neptune is with four seasons. The summer has a Dionysian theme. From the private baths at Caput Vada (La Chebbs), dated to the 2nd century AD. Now in Bardo Museum in Tunis. #MosaicMonday
This #MosaicMonday we travel to the ancient theatre as two women visit a witch - whatever the witch has heard does NOT seem to please her!
📍Villa del Cicerone, Pompeii
🏛️ MAN Napoli
Hellenistic mosaic of an Alexandrine parakeet from Pergamon, Asia Minor, modern Turkey, now in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. It dates to the middle of the 2nd century BC, discovered by a team led by Richard Bohn on 23 June 1886, in the small "Altar Room" of Palace V. #MosaicMonday
The stunning mosaics of the cathedral of Cefalù date to the 12th century. The first church interior in #Sicily to be decorated by #Byzantine artists. Christ Pantocrator is at the top, then the Virgin Mary and archangels, then two registers of apostles
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Christ the Ruler and the Heave...
It’s a flying fish fantasy this #MosaicMonday with this delightful piece teeming with marine life. Not only are the creatures stunning but the panel is enhanced by a gloriously detailed border as well.
This mosaic can be found at the MAN Napoli.
The Great Hunt mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale from Piazza Armerina, Sicily. The villa and its artwork date to the early 4th century AD. The mosaic is the work of African artists. The site became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. #MosaicMonday
It’s a cat amongst the parrots and pigeon today for #MosaicMonday! One parrot seems like they might be aware of the danger but it looks like the other two are in danger of becoming lunch!
The mid-5th century AD mosaic from the Chedworth Roman villa in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire. The mosaic was found in a possible summer dining room in this National Trust site. This shows that at least some people kept the opulent lifestyle into the Dark Ages. #MosaicMonday
This #MosaicMonday we are immersed in this Nilotic mosaic from Palestrina. Greek soldiers can depicted on the banks of the Nile and appear to be sheltered from the weather by a large cloth that drapes down from the columned building nearby.
