Posted on June 26, 2020Black-and-white Roman mosaic flooring from the Hospitalia, a guesthouse which likely served as the barracks of the Praetorian Guard at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy, circa 117-138 CE. blackblack and whiteflooringHadrian’s Villa.mosaicvillawhiteSource: i.redd.it
Posted on June 21, 2020Roman black-and-white flooring in a late 2nd century CE villa at Risan, Montenegro blackblack and whiteflooringvillawhiteSource: i.redd.it
Posted on June 19, 2020Ryokan hallway at night (Obanai in Ninohe, Iwate) architecturefloorflooringhallhandrailhardwoodlightnightroomstairswoodSource: i.redd.it
Posted on June 14, 2020Roman mosaic of pigeons pulling a necklace from a jewelry box, surrounded by opus sectile pavement in one of the "alae," alcoves flanking the atrium where ancestral death masks would be displayed. House of the Faun, circa 2nd-1st century BCE, Pompeii, Italy. aerial photographyartboxcobblestonefloorflooringmosaicroad surfacesoilSource: i.redd.it
Posted on June 13, 2020सफर।। alleyarchitectureblack and whitebuildingflooringinfrastructurephotographyroadstreetwallSource: i.redd.it
Posted on June 2, 2020The Agia Triada sarcophagus, an elite Minoan-Mycenaean artifact from Crete. This side depicts funerary rites, including sacrifices to the deceased. Made of limestone, it is dated c.1370-1320 BCE, a period of intense interaction with Egypt – hence the similarities. Heraklion Archaeological Museum antiqueartartifactflooringfurnitureinterior designLimestoneMarbleroomtapestrytextiletileSource: i.redd.it
Posted on May 16, 202088 floors of Roman Britain emphasize the kantharos, a wine vessel connoting Greek banquet revelry. 60 center one; 28 scatter four across corners. Half come from "summer triclinia", dining rooms which, lacking heating and draught engineering, had open-air views. c.4th century CE, Dorset County Museum architectureartbeigecarpetfloorflooringmosaicpatternstone carvingsummerwineSource: i.redd.it
Posted on May 15, 2020Geometric Roman mosaic with trippy layered-trapezoidal pattern from the House of the Swastika Cross in Conimbriga, Portugal. This room was built in a circa 3rd century CE remodel. An unwieldy series of wings were tacked on over the years as the provincial family became more and more "new money." artcrossdesignfloorflooringhouselinemosaicpatternroomsymmetrytextilevisual artsSource: i.redd.it
Posted on May 14, 2020A dancer – likely the satyr companion of Dionysus, Silenus – enjoys flute music in a Greek floor mosaic from the luxurious House of the Masks, on the island of Delos, c.100 BCE. The room’s use is uncertain. Visiting groups of actors may have resided here while working at the adjacent theater. artdancerfloorflooringhouseislandmosaicmusictextileSource: i.redd.it
Posted on May 10, 2020The oldest mosaic ever discovered: the 16th century BCE irregular stone floor of a Hittite courtyard at the site of Uşaklı Höyük in central Turkey. While a very early example of polychrome and geometric patterns, the surface was left uneven as a maintenance measure against muddy flooding bedrockcobblestonecourtyardfloorflooringgeologygravelmosaicpebblerockRubblesoilturkeywallSource: i.redd.it
