A Masterpiece of Mosaic

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A Masterpiece of Mosaic The Alexander Mosaic A Masterpiece of Mosaic

One of the greatest achievements of the mosaic artist One of the greatest achievements of the mosaic artist. From a distance it could easily be mistaken for a well-executed painting

Key Information Size: 5.5 x 3.2 metres Date: circa 120 BC, but probably based on a painting from circa 300 BC Location: originally laid in the exedra in the House of the Faun. Now in Museo Nazionale, Naples

Subject Matter The two key figures: Alexander the Great and Darius III (Persian King) Alexander on horseback on the left, Darius in chariot on right A battle between Greeks and Persians, probably the Battle of Issos (333 BC), possibly the Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC) In both Battles, Darius flees from the Greeks

Style More like a painting than a mosaic A much more 3D picture than a mosaic would normally present. A realistic depiction of the scene by using: -Highlighting -Three-quarter views -Shading -Overlapping -Shadowing -Foreshortening

Links to a 3rd/4th Century BC Painting Limitation of colours to white, red, black (and combinations of these) This is the ‘four-colour’ technique adopted by Greek painters in the 4th/5th C BC The scarcity of landscape features (tree/few rocks) Shallow depth of field in the scene Any depth at all only being conveyed by foreshortening and overlapping