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The mosaic contains very specific details that scholars believe would have been lost if the mosaic was created any later than a couple hundred years after the battle. [11] It is a commonly accepted belief concerning the Alexander mosaic that one must use the Greek original to interpret the meaning of the Roman copy. [8]
The Alexander Mosaic, a floor mosaic dating from c. 100 BC, is believed to be a "reasonably faithful" copy of Battle of Issus, [49] though an alternative view holds it might instead be a copy of a work painted by Apelles of Kos, [53] who produced several portraits of Alexander the Great. [54]
Philoxenus of Eretria (Ancient Greek: Φιλόξενος ὁ Ἐρετριεύς) was a painter from Eretria.He was a disciple of Nicomachus of Thebes, whose speed in painting he imitated and even surpassed, having discovered new and rapid methods of coloring. [1]
An ancient synagogue mosaic is believed to depict Alexander the Great, and experts say nothing like it has ever been discovered from the ancient world.
The Alexander Mosaic, showing Alexander at left. A copy is displayed in the House of the Faun, where the original was found. The Nilotic scene mosaic depicts exotic animals in the Nile. The House of the Faun was initially excavated in 1830 by the German archaeological institute. Five bodies were found in the house including one woman and three ...
Original – Alexander the Great, depicted on the Alexander Mosaic, originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, c. 100 BC. The mosaic is believed to be a copy of an early 3rd century BC Hellenistic painting, probably by Philoxenos of Eretria. Reason Finally found this while searching for a good reproduction of the Alexander Mosaic.
Detail of the Alexander Mosaic (A Roman copy of a Hellenistic painting). Body armour in the Macedonian army was derived from a repertoire found throughout the Greek-speaking world. The most common form of armour was the spolas or linothorax , which was a cuirass of stiff linen built up of glued or stitched layers of textile; though it is ...
The last Byzantine mosaic work was created for the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople in the middle of the 14th century. ... Mosaic on the pediment of the Alexander Nevsky ...