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Centaur Mosiac | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Unknown Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
Centaur mosaic title QS:P1476,en:"Centaur mosaic"
label QS:Len,"Centaur mosaic" |
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Object type |
mosaic object_type QS:P31,Q133067 |
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Description |
English: The centaur mosaic was found in the 18th century on the site of the sprawling, luxurious villa complex near Tivoli that once belonged to the Roman emperor Hadrian. The mosaic was found in situ along with other smaller ones that bore depictions of landscapes, animals and masks. The relatively small central panel (emblema) formed part of the floor decoration for the dining room (triclinium) in the main palace. The various individual scenes of these mosaic pictures bear depictions of wild, inhospitable landscapes that deliberately contrast with idyllic ones featuring animals living in harmony with each other. The dangers of the wild are portrayed in this mosaic in the dramatic struggle between great cats and a pair of centaurs, mythological creatures with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse. On a rocky outcrop that hangs over a terrific chasm that runs parallel to the bottom of the picture, a pair of centaurs have been pounced on by great cats. While the male centaur has been able to defend itself successfully from the lion, the tiger has managed to bring the female centaur to the ground and is clawing her side. The male centaur rushes to his companion’s side, rearing his legs in the air while holding a rock aloft above his head. Undaunted, the tiger seems intent on not surrendering its prey. Even though one lion already lies fatally wounded, bleeding and with its claws retracted, the outcome of the struggle is anything but clear because in the background (whose spatial depth is achieved through the staggered arrangement of rock forms and impressive gradations of colour) we see yet another foe for the centaur: a leopard ready to pounce. While depictions in older Greek art tended to emphasise the bestial side of centaurs, later depictions increasingly focussed on their human qualities. Lucian, a writer from the 2nd century, records that the Greek painter Zeuxis (active around 400 BCE) became famous for his painting of a family of centaurs, including the young, set in a rural idyll. Similarly, Ovid, who lived around the turn of the millennium, wrote in moving verse of the death of a centaur couple.
The extensive restoration work that was undertaken in the 18th and 19th century makes it difficult to date the mosaic with certainty. As a result, its dating ranges from Hellenistic to Hadrianic. There is broad agreement among scholars that the mosaic amounts to one of most virtuoso works of Roman mosaic art, which was inspired by a Greek work of art (either a panel painting or mosaic) from the Hellenistic period.
فارسی: موزائیک سنتور در قرن 18th در سایت مجتمع ویلایی پراکنده و مجلل در نزدیکی تیوولی یافت شد که زمانی متعلق به هادریان امپراتور روم بود. این موزائیک درجا و سایر کوچکترهایی که به تصویر کشیدن مناظر ، حیوانات و ماسک ها واقع شده بودند ، یافت شد. تابلوی مرکزی (emblema) نسبتاً كوچك بخشی از تزئینات کف اتاق غذاخوری (triclinium) را در كاخ اصلی تشکیل داد. صحنه های مختلف منحصر به فرد این تصاویر موزائیک تصاویری از مناظر وحشی و غیرمسئولانه را به نمایش می گذارد که عمداً با عکسهای بت پرستی مخالف است و حیواناتی را که با یکدیگر هماهنگ هستند زندگی می کنند. خطرات وحشی در این موزائیک در نبرد چشمگیر بین گربه های بزرگ و یک جفت سانتاور ، موجودات اساطیری با سر ، بازوها و تنه مرد و بدن و پاهای یک اسب به تصویر کشیده شده است. بر روی طغیان صخره ای که بر فراز و نشیب های فوق العاده ای قرار دارد که به طور موازی با قسمت پایین تصویر حرکت می کند ، یک جفت سانتاور توسط گربه های بزرگ تند و تیز شده اند. در حالی که سنورور نر توانسته است با موفقیت از شیر دفاع کند ، ببر موفق شده است که سانتاور ماده را به زمین بیاورد و در حال چنگ زدن طرف او است. سانتراس نر به طرف همرزمان خود سوار می شود و در حالی که صخره ای را در بالای سر خود نگه داشته است ، پاهای او را در هوا بزرگ می کند. به نظر نمی رسد ببر قصد تسلیم طعمه خود را ندارد. حتی اگر یک شیر در حال حاضر مجروح شده و خونریزی داشته باشد و پنجه های خود را عقب نشینی کند ، نتیجه مبارزه چیزی نیست ، اما مشخص است زیرا در پس زمینه (که عمق مکانی آن از طریق چیدمان مبهم از اشکال سنگ و درجه بندی چشمگیر رنگ صورت می گیرد) می بینیم. دشمن دیگری برای کنتور: یک پلنگ آماده برای گزاف گویی. در حالی که تصویری در هنر یونان قدیمی تر تمایل به تأکید بر جنبه های اصلی سنتورها داشت ، نمایش های بعدی به طور فزاینده ای بر ویژگی های انسانی آنها مورد توجه قرار می گرفت. لوسیان ، نویسنده قرن دوم ، ثبت می کند که نقاش یونانی Zeuxis (فعال حدود 400 قبل از میلاد مسیح) به دلیل نقاشی خود در خانواده ای از سناتورها ، از جمله جوان ، که در یک بتونی روستایی قرار گرفته بود ، مشهور شد. به همین ترتیب ، Ovid ، که در حدود نوبت هزاره زندگی می کرد ، در حال حرکت آیه ای از مرگ یک زوج سنتور نوشت. کار مرمت گسترده ای که در قرن 18 و 19 انجام شد ، به روز بودن موزائیک با قطعیت دشوار می کند. در نتیجه ، قدمت آن از هلنیستی تا هادریانک متغیر است. بین دانشمندان توافق گسترده ای وجود دارد که این موزاییک یکی از فضیلت ترین آثار هنری موزائیک رومی است که از دوره هلنیستی با الهام از یک اثر هنری یونان (یا یک تابلوی نقاشی یا موزاییک) ساخته شده است. |
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Date | (120 - 130) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Various stones in many colour gradations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 585 mm (23.03 in); width: 915 mm (36.02 in) dimensions QS:P2048,585U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,915U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q156722 |
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Current location |
Level Etruscan and Roman Art (Details of level on Google Art Project) room Roman Villas – Luxury as a Lifestyle (Details of room on Google Art Project) |
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Accession number |
Mos. 1 |
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References | Google Arts & Culture asset ID: SwHAQhNGz6l7_Q | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | SwHAQhNGz6l7_Q at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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