Mosaics Collection (#4)

Polychrome mosaic depicting a cock, emblem on a bipedal brick, unknown origin
6384415 Polychrome mosaic depicting a cock, emblem on a bipedal brick, unknown origin, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano

Nilotic scene (mosaic)
6384212 Nilotic scene (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Nilotic scene); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Boxer (mosaic)
6384195 Boxer (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Boxer, pugile); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Mosaics under St. Peter's Basilica in Geneva, Switzerland, 5th century AD (photo)
AIS5343421 Mosaics under St. Peter's Basilica in Geneva, Switzerland, 5th century AD (photo); © Iberfoto

Fragment of a mosaic. 3rd century BC (mosaic)
8711397 Fragment of a mosaic. 3rd century BC (mosaic); (add.info.: Unterlinden Museum. Fragment of a mosaic. Third century before JC. Colmar. France. Colmar. France.); © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Young Dionysus drinking while riding a tiger (mosaic)
6384214 Young Dionysus drinking while riding a tiger (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info)

Lion and Cherubs amongst Dionysus and Maenads (mosaic)
6384206 Lion and Cherubs amongst Dionysus and Maenads (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Leone e Amorini tra Dioniso e Menadi); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Specimens of Carthaganian art
7177182 Specimens of Carthaganian art; Private Collection; (add.info.: Specimens of Carthaganian art, copied from mosaics found on the site of Carthage)

Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of the Madonna with Infant Jesus. Italy
7136960 Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of the Madonna with Infant Jesus. Italy.; Cattedrale di San Giusto, Trieste, Italy; © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. Italy
7136956 Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. Italy.; Cattedrale di San Giusto, Trieste, Italy; © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Saint Augustine (354-430), early 14th century (mosaic)
DEX5040729 Saint Augustine (354-430), early 14th century (mosaic); Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: Saint Augustine (354-430) student Mosaic of the beginning of the 14th century

Huqoq synagogue mosaic, Alexander the Great ? 5th century (mosaic)
3671294 Huqoq synagogue mosaic, Alexander the Great ? 5th century (mosaic); (add.info.: Huqoq synagogue mosaic, detail depicting a Greek leader possibly Alexander the Great. Late Roman, c. 5th. C)

Symbolic representation of the Universe. Detail of a siren mosaic in Rome, 12th century (mosaic)
JEB4853819 Symbolic representation of the Universe. Detail of a siren mosaic in Rome, 12th century (mosaic); 360x440 cm; (add.info.: Romanesque mosaic of the four rivers, 12th century)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic
6620413 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaics
6620403 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaics; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic
6620389 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic.; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy)

Roman mosaic called Mosaic of the Cortejo Baquico
3499740 Roman mosaic called Mosaic of the Cortejo Baquico; (add.info.: Roman mosaic called Mosaic of the Cortejo Baquico. Bacchic scene. 2nd-3rd centuries. Marble tiles and glass paste)

Roman mosaic floor from North Africa
3480461 Roman mosaic floor from North Africa; (add.info.: Roman mosaic floor from North Africa. Sixth century AD. Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography)

Mosaic depicting St Nicholas, from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
3507219 Mosaic depicting St Nicholas, from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; (add.info.: Mosaic from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy)

Interior view (photo)
BEN85571 Interior view (photo); Masjid-i-Jameh, Isfahan, Iran; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho)
8673180 A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures)

Courtyard, Palazzo Portinari-Salviati, Florence, Italy, 1473 (photo)
8679700 Courtyard, Palazzo Portinari-Salviati, Florence, Italy, 1473 (photo) by Bramante, Donato (1444-1514); (add.info.: Architects: Bramante Lazzeri (Ammannati, Allori, Michelozzo)

Early Christian mosaic, 6th century AD, baptistery of St. John, Naples cathedral Naples, Italy
7062910 Early Christian mosaic, 6th century AD, baptistery of St. John, Naples cathedral Naples, Italy; Duomo di San Gennaro, Naples, Italy; (add.info.: Early Christian mosaic, 6th century AD)

Early Christian mosaic, 6th century AD, baptistery of St. John, Naples cathedral Naples, Italy
7062906 Early Christian mosaic, 6th century AD, baptistery of St. John, Naples cathedral Naples, Italy; Duomo di San Gennaro, Naples, Italy; (add.info.: Early Christian mosaic, 6th century AD)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic detail
6620394 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic detail.; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic detail
6620391 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic detail.; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic
6620386 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic.; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic
6620385 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. Mosaic.; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy)

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy
6620376 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy.; Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily)

Marina with fish (mosaic)
6384216 Marina with fish (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Marina con pesci); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Drinking doves (mosaic)
6384203 Drinking doves (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Drinking doves, colombe che si abbeverano); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Floor mosaic dating to the 1st century BC depicting Nike, from a roman villa near via Ruffinella in Rome (mosaic)
6384360 Floor mosaic dating to the 1st century BC depicting Nike, from a roman villa near via Ruffinella in Rome (mosaic); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio

Roman floor mosaic depicting the struggle between Dionysus and the Indians, from the Villa de Ruffinella, Tusculum
6384359 Roman floor mosaic depicting the struggle between Dionysus and the Indians, from the Villa de Ruffinella, Tusculum, 4th century AD (mosaic); Museo Nazionale Romano

Drunken Silenus (mosaic)
6384192 Drunken Silenus (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Drunken silenus, Sileno ebbro); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Cockfight (mosaic)
6384190 Cockfight (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Cockfight); Photo © Stefano Baldini

The Marriage of the Virgin, 14th century (mosaic)
BAL130053 The Marriage of the Virgin, 14th century (mosaic); Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta), Orvieto, Umbria, Italy; (add.info.: Detail from the facade of Orvieto Cathedral, Italy)

Art renaissance: Moise montrant les Tables de la loi. Mosaique de Domenico Beccafumi (1484-1551), cinquecento
AIS5386793 Art renaissance: Moise montrant les Tables de la loi. Mosaique de Domenico Beccafumi (1484-1551), cinquecento. Cathedrale de Sienne (Italie).; © Iberfoto

Byzantine art: detail of a mosaic representing a fish, one of the first Christian symbols. 4th century AD
AIS5343403 Byzantine art: detail of a mosaic representing a fish, one of the first Christian symbols. 4th century AD..; Euphrasian Basilica, Porec, Croatia; © Iberfoto

Cat with a partridge in her mouth; ducks (on the left a male Eurasian Teal, on the right a Common Shelduck), birds
6384215 Cat with a partridge in her mouth; ducks (on the left a male Eurasian Teal, on the right a Common Shelduck), birds, fish and shellfish (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

Plato's Academy (mosaic)
6384201 Plato's Academy (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: The Plato academy, l'accademia di Platone rom the House of T)

Choregos instructing actors (mosaic)
6384200 Choregos instructing actors (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Choregos instructing actors); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Cockfight between the personifications of Victory and Defeat (mosaic)
6384197 Cockfight between the personifications of Victory and Defeat (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania

Detail of a mosaic showing a peacock, 4th century (mosaic)
BEN5482147 Detail of a mosaic showing a peacock, 4th century (mosaic); (add.info.: Church of the Multiplication of Breads, Tabgha Galilee Israel 1970s (Detail of a mosaic showing a peacock)

Bethlehem, 4th century mosaic at the Church of the Nativity
5309821 Bethlehem, 4th century mosaic at the Church of the Nativity; Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Israel; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Mosaic of Virgin Mary and Child on the facade of Saint Spyridon Orthodox Church. Trieste. Italy
7136982 Mosaic of Virgin Mary and Child on the facade of Saint Spyridon Orthodox Church. Trieste. Italy.; Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste, Italy; © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ, Saint Justus and Saint Servulus. Italy
7136958 Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ, Saint Justus and Saint Servulus. Italy.; Cattedrale di San Giusto, Trieste, Italy; © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Roman 4th Century Ad mosaic from Rusguniae
3480476 Roman 4th Century Ad mosaic from Rusguniae; (add.info.: Roman 4th Century Ad mosaic from Rusguniae, in modern day Algeria.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Mosaics inside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
3507214 Mosaics inside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; (add.info.: Mosaics inside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy)

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Mosaics have long been a captivating art form, showcasing intricate designs and stories from various cultures and time periods. One such example is the Roman mosaic depicting the Battle between Alexander and Darius, found in the Pompeii House of the Faun. This masterpiece transports us back to ancient times, capturing the intensity of historical conflicts. Moving forward in history, we discover a mosaic of Joan of Arc uncovered in 1917 at Fourviere Basilica in Lyon, France. This remarkable piece pays homage to a legendary figure who fought for her beliefs with unwavering courage. Venturing into Greek mythology, we encounter the Mosaic of Hypnos, located within the dormitory of a Roman villa in Risan, Montenegro. This mesmerizing artwork portrays Hypnos, the god of dreams, inviting viewers into his ethereal realm. Continuing our journey through mosaics around Europe, we stumble upon Empress Zoe's depiction at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The vibrant colors and intricate details capture this influential empress' power and grace. Heading across continents to Brazil brings us to Pampulha Church in Belo Horizonte. Its stunning mosaic design showcases Brazil's rich cultural heritage while harmoniously blending modern architectural elements. In Washington D. C. , The Library of Congress boasts "The Mosaic Minerva - Minerva of Peace, " symbolizing wisdom and tranquility amidst knowledge-filled halls. Religious themes also find their place within mosaics like St. George slaying the dragon depicted at St. George Coptic Orthodox church or Jesus blessing and holding the Bible showcased at Hagia Sophia – both evoking spiritual contemplation. Delving deeper into religious history leads us to Patmos' Cave of Apocalypse where a mosaic depicts St. John dictating to pupil Prochorus – an awe-inspiring representation that echoes centuries-old teachings. Ravenna unveils its treasures with two UNESCO World Heritage Sites.