大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 2月17日 19時54分

This week we’re highlighting some of the amazing Roman mosaics on the Museum’s West stairs. Mosaics were found throughout the Roman Empire and provided public buildings and private houses with rich and colourful decorations. Most mosaics were made of small cubes (called tesserae) of stone, glass and other materials, laid closely together in patterns. This particular tradition originated in Greece during the 3rd century BC, although mosaics made of coloured river pebbles were made centuries earlier. Black-and-white designs were used especially in Italy, but elsewhere polychrome (multi-coloured) mosaics with figured panels and geometric or floral patterns became increasingly popular. Schools of mosaicists flourished in North Africa from the 2nd to the 5th century AD. They created a distinctive African style which vividly reflected the tastes and interest of their wealthy patrons. This detail from a panel of geometric squares was made in the early 3rd century AD in Utica (an ancient city now in Tunisia).
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