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| Description: Floor mosaic, Pompeii, Italy. 1st-century BCE Roman copy of a Greek wall painting of c. 310 BCE, perhaps by Philoxenos of Eretria or Helen of Egypt. Entire panel 8'10" × 17' (2.7 × 5.2 m). Alexander the Great Confronts Darius III at the Battle of Issos is a Roman first-century mosaic replicating a Greek painting of about 310 BCE. This copy documents a growing taste for dramatic narrative in Greek paintings. Painters in the fourth century BCE were interested in creating believable illusions of the real world. Picture Stats: Views: 242 Filesize: 103.99kB Height: 402 Width: 648 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=35481 |