THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mosaic | Rome | Piazza Armerina | Villa Romana del Casale
1. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
The interior of the basilica.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Basilica.
2. MOSAIC. Rome.
Entrance to the room with a floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
3. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
4. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”) — the lower register.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
5. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”) — the left half of the higher register.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
6. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic depicting ten young women performing physical excercises (the so-called “Maidens in Bikini”) — the lower register ( close-up).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Chamber of the Ten Maidens.
7. MOSAIC. Rome.
Corridor of the Great Hunt.
Corridor with floor mosaics (36).
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
8. MOSAIC. Rome.
A wagon for transportation of the caught animals. A piece of the mosaics of the northern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
9. MOSAIC. Rome.
Centurion beats a negligent servant. A piece of the mosaics of the northern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
10. MOSAIC. Rome.
Loading the birds and animals onto a galley. A piece of the mosaics of the southern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
11. MOSAIC. Rome.
Loading the birds and animals onto a galley. A piece of the mosaics of the southern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
12. MOSAIC. Rome.
Loading the birds and animals onto a galley. A piece of the mosaics of the southern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
13. MOSAIC. Rome.
Loading the birds and animals onto a galley. A piece of the mosaics of the southern half of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
14. MOSAIC. Rome.
A portrait of the owner of the villa (presumably, the emperor Maximianus Herculius). A piece of the mosaics of the southern part of the Corridor.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Corridor of the Great Hunt.
15. MOSAIC. Rome.
A piece of the floor mosaic with a scene of chariot races in the Circus Maximus.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Palaestra.
16. MOSAIC. Rome.
Quadrangular peristyle. Gallery.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Quadrangular peristyle.
17. MOSAIC. Rome.
A piece of the floor mosaic.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Quadrangular peristyle.
18. MOSAIC. Rome.
A piece of the floor mosaic.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Quadrangular peristyle.
19. MOSAIC. Rome.
Floor mosaic with scenes of a hunt.
A floor mosaic of the private room 30.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Room of the Small Hunt.
20. MOSAIC. Rome.
Upper part of the floor mosaic with scenes of a hunt.
A floor mosaic of the private room 30.
First half of the 4th century.
Piazza Armerina, Villa Romana del Casale, Room of the Small Hunt.