The Alexander Mosaic, also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy.
It is typically dated between c. 120 and 100 B.C.[1] and depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia.[2] This work of art is a combination of different artistic traditions such as Italic, Hellenistic, and Roman. The mosaic is considered "Roman" based on the broader context of its time and location in relation to the later Roman Republic.[1] The original is preserved in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. The mosaic is believed to be a copy of a late 4th or early 3rd-century BC Hellenistic painting, perhaps by Philoxenus of Eretria or Apelles.[3]
^ abCohen, Ada (1997). The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat. Fordham University Libraries: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-521-56339-9.
^Honour, H. and J. Fleming, (2009) A World History of Art. 7th edn. London: Laurence King Publishing, p. 178. ISBN 9781856695848
^Woodford, Susan. (1982) The Art of Greece and Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 67. ISBN 0521298733
The AlexanderMosaic, also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy. It is...
Hellenistic Greek mosaics, and often included famous figures from history and mythology, such as Alexander the Great in the AlexanderMosaic. A large proportion...
artworks found in the House of the Faun is the AlexanderMosaic; a reconstructed version of the mosaic can be seen today, but it was originally removed...
Nice. Unlike most of the other mosaics in Hagia Sophia, which had been covered over by ordinary plaster, the Alexandermosaic was simply painted over and...
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to imply divine birth or protection, as shown, for instance, on the AlexanderMosaic and the Gonzaga Cameo. Jane Ellen Harrison claims that many cultures...
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religious spheres. For instance, Greek influences can be identified in the AlexanderMosaic, horse-shoe shaped theatres and Pompeii’s adoption of the Greek pantheon...
so leave little archaeological evidence. On the Alexander Sarcophagus and AlexanderMosaic, Alexander the Great and his soldiers wear this type of armour...
hung in the Temple of Peace during the time of Vespasian. The AlexanderMosaic, a floor mosaic dating from c. 100 BC, is believed to be a "reasonably faithful"...
on coins, cameos and vases. A vestige of that appears in a portrait of Alexander the Great in a fresco from Pompeii dated to the first century BC, which...
with the elbow flexed. This is usefully illustrated in the AlexanderMosaic, King Alexander is shown thrusting with his xyston underarm, whilst immediately...
piece depict Alexander fighting the Persians at the Battle of Issus. Volkmar von Graeve has compared the motif to the famous AlexanderMosaic at Naples;...
cavalryman with both hands, although the depiction of Alexander the Great's xyston on the AlexanderMosaic in Pompeii (see figure), suggests that it could also...
when attacked by the Macedonian cavalry under Alexander himself, as shown in the celebrated AlexanderMosaic found in Pompeii. He afterwards accompanied...
small but focused spearhead rather than a broad one. Additionally, the AlexanderMosaic seems to show small spearheads, and small spearheads match what later...
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linen are depicted at the shoulders and hips, emerging from beneath his cuirass. Detail of the AlexanderMosaic, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic painting....
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still-life. In general mosaic must be considered as a secondary medium copying painting, often very directly, as in the AlexanderMosaic. The Unswept Floor...
between Alexander the Great and Darius, which he painted for King Cassander. A similar subject is represented in the celebrated AlexanderMosaic found in...
Philoxenus of Eretria to paint the battle of Issus, of which the famous AlexanderMosaic in the Naples museum is a copy and the wall paintings in Phillip's...
these regions were officially unified only once, for 13 years, under Alexander the Great's empire from 336 to 323 BC. In Western history, the era of...
of King Philip II of Macedon, achieving their greatest prestige under Alexander the Great, and regarded as the first or among the first shock cavalry...
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