The Unswept Floor

Details of koko mosaico.

The unswept floor.

A mosaic from hadrian s villa now in the capitoline museums depicts a group of doves on a round bowl. Design by karina mcleod. Pliny mentions this trompe l oeil optical illusion in his natural history xxxvi 184. The unswept floor is a now lost mosaic by the 2nd century bc mosaicist sosus of pergamon.

Across a white background is an even scattering of debris. But the floor is not really the. By sosos of pergamon and here by the. Luas asmr recommended for you.

As described by pliny it is a floor mosaic which depicted the leftovers of a meal on a floor. The unswept floor dunedin public art gallery 12 march 19 june 2016. The mosaic was found in 1833 during construction work in the vineyard of achille lupi near the bastione di sangallo porta ardeatina see a rome art. The decorative theme is that known as asàrotos òikos or the unswept floor created in the second century b c.

Shadow which architect described the accomplishments of the roman builders in his ten books of architecture. International visiting artist residency dunedin public art gallery dunedin school of art new zealand 2016. Doves drinking from a bowl. Sosos laid at pergamon what is called the asarotos oikos or unswept room because on the pavement was represented.

The unswept floor mosaic can assume almost any guise and pop up in an almost infinite variety of modern versions but it still remains firmly attached to its ancient roots. A wish bone a claw some fruit various discarded limbs of sea creatures the remains of a fish davidson s analysis illuminates further what we can see and should see on the piece. Which technique was used to make the mosaic the unswept floor fig. In many respects this table top made by arianna gallo of koko mosaico is an unrelated trompe d oeil of ordinary stuff accumulated on a coffee table.

The unswept floor poster publication with text by curator lucy hammonds. This splendid mosaic made up of tiny pieces of glass and coloured marble once decorated the floor of the dining room of a villa on the aventine hill in rome at the time of the emperor hadrian. This depicts the floor of a room covered with the remains of a feast including fish fruit and other fragments of food. Swept definition simple past tense and past participle of sweep1.