Representation of Medusa on a mosaic floor in Mediana
Abstract
A number of representative rooms decorated by mosaic floors from the period around the 4th century were examined during the archaeological research of the villa with peristyle in the middle of the late antiquity settlement in Mediana near Naissus. In 1969, a part of the damaged mosaic floor with geometrical motifs and a central round emblem including a representation of Medusa-Gorgon with wings was discovered in the central room of the villa, that is, in a large triclinium-aula. Medusa is represented in the manner of late antiquity, as a woman with a pensive expression who has lost many of the attributes characteristic of such representations in Greek and Hellenistic art. The aim of this paper is not only to provide analyses of the visual artistic aspect of the presentation but also to attempt a reconstruction of the mosaic carpet in the room on the basis of various site data, which are now available to researchers.
Keywords:
Mediana / villa with peristyle / aula / floor mosaic / Medusa / late antiquity / 4th centurySource:
Ante portam auream. Studia in honorem professoris Aleksandar Jovanović, 2017, 251-262Publisher:
- Belgrade : University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy
Funding / projects:
- Romanization, urbanization and transformation of urban centres of civil, military and residential character in Roman provinces on territory of Serbia (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177007)
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Jeremić, Gordana PY - 2017 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/978 AB - A number of representative rooms decorated by mosaic floors from the period around the 4th century were examined during the archaeological research of the villa with peristyle in the middle of the late antiquity settlement in Mediana near Naissus. In 1969, a part of the damaged mosaic floor with geometrical motifs and a central round emblem including a representation of Medusa-Gorgon with wings was discovered in the central room of the villa, that is, in a large triclinium-aula. Medusa is represented in the manner of late antiquity, as a woman with a pensive expression who has lost many of the attributes characteristic of such representations in Greek and Hellenistic art. The aim of this paper is not only to provide analyses of the visual artistic aspect of the presentation but also to attempt a reconstruction of the mosaic carpet in the room on the basis of various site data, which are now available to researchers. PB - Belgrade : University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy T2 - Ante portam auream. Studia in honorem professoris Aleksandar Jovanović T1 - Representation of Medusa on a mosaic floor in Mediana EP - 262 SP - 251 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_978 ER -
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Jeremić, G.. (2017). Representation of Medusa on a mosaic floor in Mediana. in Ante portam auream. Studia in honorem professoris Aleksandar Jovanović Belgrade : University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy., 251-262. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_978
Jeremić G. Representation of Medusa on a mosaic floor in Mediana. in Ante portam auream. Studia in honorem professoris Aleksandar Jovanović. 2017;:251-262. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_978 .
Jeremić, Gordana, "Representation of Medusa on a mosaic floor in Mediana" in Ante portam auream. Studia in honorem professoris Aleksandar Jovanović (2017):251-262, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_978 .