Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-gregoriano-profano/Mosaico-dell-asarotos-oikos.html
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@globalmuseum how the hell did they create all these details?
https://romanempiretimes.com/asarotos-oikos-mosaic-unswept-floor-roman-elite/
When you see what contemporary copy cats make the difference is huge
Ps those masks are scary. They look like copped off heads
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@globalmuseum This is such a great little detail!
@globalmuseum Hah, very cute!
By the way, the link seems to be missing a `www.` in the domain -- my browser wouldn't follow the link without it. (Might be misconfigured DNS.)
@timmc Link corrected
Mosaics from ancient Rome disguise ancient tragedy. Beauty, but at a very high price.
This art form relied on a glut of slave laborers from brutal imperialist wars.
Thousands of workers spending their lives under an overseers' lash, kneeling in dirt to place millions of tiny tiles & stones, from dawn to dusk.
Imagine the cheap ego gratification of a wealthy slave owner smirking & watching it done
The American South is filled with lovely manors built by the same kind of labor
@globalmuseum I find no beauty in it.
Roman Pixel Art 🙂👍
