tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987816540087962363.post953473480859766363..comments2024-01-06T00:47:34.251-08:00Comments on MosaicBlues: 3 Roman Mosaics figuring two ducks, a cat and a partridge.Frederic Lecuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16799014615525195086noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987816540087962363.post-12959140147187307732017-10-18T10:00:38.296-07:002017-10-18T10:00:38.296-07:00Katherine Dunbabin in her book, 'Mosaics of th...Katherine Dunbabin in her book, 'Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World' mentions four emblemata in Italy where the figures (Theseus and the Minotaur) the main figures correspond very closely, though there are variations in the minor bystanders and in the background. Was one copied from a painting and then the others copied from that mosaic? <br />I imagine though that people were very well acquainted with things like the Greek myths that maybe they just said to the mosaicist, 'I want the labours of Hercules on my floor', and the mosaicist would just do his version. <br /><br />The mosaicists would have have enough of the geometric patterns memorised that they would have been able to quickly sketch out onto a bare floor or wall for the client to see.<br /><br /> Do I think they had copybooks? I'm not sure, yes it makes sense that they had them but maybe that is just from our, modern viewpoint. If someone asked for a mosaic of the Eiffel Tower how many of us would need a picture to know what they meant? Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433830664402771231noreply@blogger.com