Roman art in your kitchen. In September 2018 I started working on a line of designs based on my studies of Roman mosaics Roman frescoes , and my own mosaics.…
With a promising plot that gets more complicated as the story progresses the myth of Perseus and Medusa is one of the best thriller in Greek Mythology . Perseus holding…
Mosaics can teach us a lot about history. Helena Helena, or Saint Helena (Latin: Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta; c. 250 – c. 330), was an Empress of the Roman Empire, and mother…
Roman Mosaics often depicts scenes of everyday life, of farming, fishing, playing… They make us feel closer to our ancestors involved in the same kind of activities we often are.…
Roman mosaics design evolved over the centuries when different styles developed in various parts of the empire. Roman mosaicists often composed them by surrounding a small meaningful and figurative scene…
Perfect mosaic borders ? Careful observation of Roman mosaics, beyond obvious beauty and awesomeness, sometimes reveals imperfections in their realization. These defects mostly are of two kinds. They result either…
The Hispania Baetica Roman province in Spain. The mosaic of the birds was the first one among a plethora of incredible mosaics I stumbled upon during my last expedition to…
JULIA Location : National Museum of Archaeology, Pompeii, Italy Date : 1st century AD This incredibly detailed mosaic portrait of a young woman of a patrician family can be admired…
The offer In January 2016 a guy offered to sell me a mosaic from Turkey. His offer came through Facebook direct messenger. The mosaic – supposedly excavated from the area…