Sosus of Pergamon
Sosus of Pergamon (
Works
The two famous works of Sosus include:
The Unswept House
The Unswept House (
Doves Drinking from a Bowl[5]
A mosaic from Hadrian's Villa, now in the Capitoline Museums, depicts a group of doves on a round bowl.[3] As described by Pliny, one dove is drinking while the others are sunning themselves.[2] The Doves of Pliny, or the Capitoline Doves depicts the doves artistically but realistically.[6] The mosaic is made only of cubes of colored marble, without any colored glass as in other mosaics.[2] It was discovered in 1737 during excavations at Hadrian's Villa led by Cardinal Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti, who thought it was the mosaic that Pliny had described, although other scholars think it is a copy of the original that was made for Hadrian. The Hadrian's villa mosaic has in turn been copied many times in many formats.[6]
Influence
The artist David Cilnius made a modern rendition of an Asarotos Oikos up-cycling scrap objects found underground, following the art avantgarde style of Rumentart. [7]
References
Citations
- ^ "Ancient Roman Mosaics". Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ a b c d Struck 2009.
- ^ a b Fowler, Wheeler & Stevens 1937, p. 538.
- ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Sosus
- ^ "What Roman Mosaics Reveal About Ancient Art". 20 February 2019.
- ^ a b Drabble 2009, p. 292.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-547-24144-9. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- Fowler, Harold North; Wheeler, James Rignall; Stevens, Gorham Phillips (1937). A Handbook of Greek Archaeology. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8196-2009-5. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- Struck, Peter T. (2009). "MOSAICS". Upenn. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- Walker, S. (1991). "Roman art". Retrieved 2012-10-24.