Category:Opus vermiculatum

English: Opus vermiculatum — a type of mosaic which draws an outline around shapes using tesserae.

A technique of Ancient Roman mosaics.

Français : L’opus vermiculatum (du latin vermiculus, vermisseau) est une technique de mosaïque antique réalisée avec des tesselles minuscules qui forment des lignes sinueuses et est employée pour du dessin figuratif

opus vermiculatum

method of laying mosaic tesserae to emphasise an outline around a subject

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visual arts technique (ancient Roman structure)

Subclass of

mosaic making

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Subcategories

This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total.

A

Animals in a nilotic scene, mosaics (from Pompeii)‎ (30 F)

B

Battle of Issus mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (4 C, 29 F)

C

Centaur mosaic Antikensammlung Berlin‎ (1 C, 41 F)
Cockfight finished, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (5 F)
Cockfighting, mosaic in MANN (Santangelo)‎ (16 F)

D

Deities of water, mosaic (from Herculaneum?)‎ (4 F)
Mosaics by Dioskourides of Samos (from Pompeii)‎ (2 C, 1 F)
Doves drinking at a golden basin, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (18 F)

E

Erotic mosaic from the House of the Faun (Naples)‎ (12 F)

F

Fruit and masks mosaic from the House of the Faun‎ (24 F)

L

Lion and leopard, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (6 F)
Lion with Dionysos and maenads, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (15 F)
Little Eros-Bacchus on a tiger, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (13 F)

M

Madness of Lycurgus, mosaic (from Herculaneum)‎ (5 F)
Memento Mori mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (15 F)
Mosaic from Grotte Celoni (PMT 325)‎ (7 F)
Mosaic with bust of Dionysos as a child (PMT 336)‎ (10 F)
Mosaic with cat and ducks from Via Ardeatina (PMT 72)‎ (2 F)

P

Parrot mosaic from Pergamon in Berlin‎ (15 F)
Partridge on a basket, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (5 F)
Plato's Academy mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (14 F)
Poseidon and Amphitrite on the wedding chariot, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (5 F)

S

Siren and Cupid, mosaic (from Rome, Farnese)‎ (4 F)

T

Theater actors mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (22 F)
Theseus killing the Minotaur, mosaic MANN 10017 (from Formia)‎ (4 F)
Theseus killing the Minotaur, mosaic MANN 10018 (from Chieti)‎ (5 F)

W

Woman portrait, mosaic (from Pompeii)‎ (8 F)

Media in category "Opus vermiculatum"

The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.

0 'L'hiver'- Mosaïque de Campannelle - Pal. Massimo.JPG 3,888 × 2,592; 7.44 MB
Detail of the Plant Mosaic with dolphin, 4th century AD, found in the Villa del Soto de Ramalete (Tudela, Navarre), National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid (15270760450).jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 5.07 MB
Mosaic emblema in opus vermiculatum from Centocelle (near Rome) depicting an intimate scene between a young woman and a man with a naked torso, 2nd century AD, Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria (21222094773).jpg 3,714 × 3,203; 12.52 MB
Mosaic emblema in opus vermiculatum from Centocelle (near Rome) depicting an intimate scene between a young woman and a man with a naked torso, 2nd century AD, Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria (21852745851).jpg 4,589 × 3,264; 16.83 MB
Mosaic of Berenice II, Ptolemaic Queen and joint ruler with Ptolemy III of Egypt, Thmuis, Egypt.jpg 564 × 547; 134 KB
NaturaMortaMarinaOstiaAntica.JPG 3,000 × 4,000; 4.16 MB
Opus vermiculatum.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 2.32 MB
Panneau décoratif en opus vermiculatum - animaux marins.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 2.83 MB
Sophilos Mosaic from Thmuis.jpg 1,042 × 587; 379 KB

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