Wednesday, May 12, 2010

WEEK 3_Still Life in Antiquity

Reference to Norman Bryeson, reading

XENIA: is the Greek concept of hospitality, or generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home. It is often translated as "guest-friendship" (or "ritualized friendship") because the rituals of hospitality created and expressed a reciprocal relationship between guest and host.

ROMAN FLOOR - mosaic



























Pompeii FIRST STYLE, 200-80 BCE



































Pompeii SECOND STYLE, 80-25 BCE

Pompeii  THIRD STYLE, 25 BCE - 25 CE

Pompeii FOURTH STYLE, 25-79 CE


































THE UNSWEPT FLOOR, 2ND C. CE

“Memento mori”. Mosaic from Pompeii (House cum workshop I, 5, 2, triclinium). 30 B.C. — 14 A.D.

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