A pattern is a particular way in which something is done or organized, or in which something happens.
What is fascinating about them is that patterns seem to perdure possibly forever, once they have been set.
This glazed tile, dated 875 - 850 BC is part of the collections of the British Museum. It was excavated from royal palace of the Assyrian city of Nimrud, which was first destroyed at the end of the 7th century BC and again by islamist terrorists in 2015.
The tile depicts an Assyrian king, possibly
Ashurnasirpal II who reigned during the early 9th century BC, accompanied by soldiers and attendants.
Now what really got my interest when I first saw this picture was not the representation of another victorious king, (They never seem to represent losers. I wonder why ?) but the rounded decorative pattern of the border below the King.
A thousand year later Roman mosaicists laid this beautiful mosaic of a boxing scene from the Aeneid on the floor of a Gallo-Roman Villa in Villelaure (France) .
Look at the Borders... 1000 years separate them...
If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat
itself...
I'll be traveling to Europe for 3 weeks to visit my family and explore and study several Roman mosaics in France and build up my library of borders. Stay tuned !
If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat
itself...
I'll be traveling to Europe for 3 weeks to visit my family and explore and study several Roman mosaics in France and build up my library of borders. Stay tuned !
Frederic Lecut is a French mosaicist.
In 1992 he made Alabama his home.
His Art is about inspiring People.
You can contact him either
by phone at (334) 798 1639 or email at
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