12024-02-15T12:14:37-08:00Margaret McCracken3054652f3058369832b1aecf248f74c661da681f4440420Why was the floor mosaic madeplain2024-02-29T16:44:47-08:00Margaret McCracken3054652f3058369832b1aecf248f74c661da681f
Maggie McCracken, Class of 2025, College of the Holy Cross
Why was this floor mosaic made and how was it used?
This piece was made as decoration of a private home. It brought color and design into the room, giving the residents and visitors cause to spend time in the room to admire it. It was also the flooring in that room. Image walking across it in bare feet and it cooling you and the room on a warm Mediterranean day. Also, instead of having packed dirt floors or carpets, the tiles served as a cleanable surface. That is its practical function but it also may have served as an announcement of wealth and had symbolic significance. Vines, a basket of grapes, and creatures especially peacocks are symbols of eternal abundance.
Connection
One of the main purposes of this object is to be the floor of a room. Similarly, but nearly a millennium later, the Spanish Paneled Ceiling is a form of domestic architecture. In both cases the part of the room was commissioned and installed directly into a room. Also, both utilize rhythmic floral motifs that appear in many mediums over the Medieval world.
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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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