Lauren Fensterstock’s Cosmic Mosaics Map Out the Unknown in Crystal and Gems
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Dionysus mosaic
220-230 CE
Romano-Germanic Museum, Cologne
Cologne, November 2017
ps. Just noticed, that this is my 400th - tagged - bird post :-) . Other 399 birds are here
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Byzantine Mosaics, San Vitale, circa 526-547 CE, Ravenna, Italy: Empress Theodora and Her Retinue (top) and Emperor Justinian and His Retinue (bottom)
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The ancient city of Pompeii, Italy
On the first photo is the house of Paquius Proculus.
On the last photo is the fullonica of Stephanus, a laundry worker who used the house as his workshop.
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“Don’t leave [the gas stove] unattended”. A Soviet wall mosaic in Novorossiysk, Russia.
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Rome 2000 years ago and Rome today
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Roman mosaic with Apollo, 3rd - 4th century AD
from Dumbarton Oaks
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by Mosaic Artist Gary Drostle
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Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben - Wilhelm Zahn - 1870 - via Internet Archive
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The Largest-Ever Roman Mosaic Found in Anatolia is Revealed to Be Even More Expansive
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Mosaics in Sorrento
Italy
photo cjmn
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parrot and swamp hen mosaic details from the Villa of the Birds in Kom al-Dikka, Alexandria, Egypt. ca 1st century AD. Pictures via
more mosaic birds and information about the site and its excavation here.
you can even take a look at the excavation on this site! pretty fun.
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