historicaldetailsandstuff:Neptune and creatures of the sea, detail of a floor mosaic in the Baths of
historicaldetailsandstuff:Neptune and creatures of the sea, detail of a floor mosaic in the Baths of Neptune, Ostia, Italy, ca. 140 AD. Black-and-white floor mosaics were very popular during the second and third centuries. The artists conceived them as surface decorations, not as illusionistic compositions meant to rival paintings. -- source link
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