12024-02-15T12:16:39-08:00Margaret McCracken3054652f3058369832b1aecf248f74c661da681f4440414Who made the floor mosaicplain2024-02-29T16:49:52-08:00Margaret McCracken3054652f3058369832b1aecf248f74c661da681f
Maggie McCracken, Class of 2025, College of the Holy Cross
Who made the floor mosaic?
The names of the artist(s) who made this mosaic remain unknown. Since the mosaic was installed in a private home, the artist was most likely contracted. There may have been just one person working on the floor, but most likely there were multiple artisans under the direction of an onsite administrator.Since floor mosaics are part of the architecture of a building, it is interesting to consider how a mosaicist might be different from other artists. (S)he does not work in a separate studio; (s)he works in the final location that the piece will be seen. Advantages to this include having a good idea of the shape of the room and lighting. The artist was adept at creating an image but was also skilled in assembling the multiple layers of material that underlie the actual tesserae (stone cubes). An artist in the early medieval period would most likely have been trained in a workshop to use the style that their workshop head knew.
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12024-02-15T12:14:37-08:00Margaret McCracken3054652f3058369832b1aecf248f74c661da681fWhy was the Floor Mosaic made?23plain2024-03-01T12:45:45-08:00Amanda Luyster17d39c1ecea88fb7ff282fe74a410b89478b8327
12024-02-15T12:01:17-08:00Margaret McCracken3054652f3058369832b1aecf248f74c661da681fWhen was this Floor Mosaic made?21plain2024-03-01T12:31:22-08:00Amanda Luyster17d39c1ecea88fb7ff282fe74a410b89478b8327
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1media/1936.23.jpg2024-02-15T11:50:40-08:00Margaret McCracken3054652f3058369832b1aecf248f74c661da681fFloor Mosaic Border with Peacocks (1936.23)18plain2024-03-01T11:11:16-08:0036.204, 36.163Amanda Luyster17d39c1ecea88fb7ff282fe74a410b89478b8327
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