Mosaic of the Battle of Issus

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mosaic_of_the_Battle_of_Issus
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:frescoes
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Alexander_Mosaic
gptkbp:culturalOrigin gptkb:Roman
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:National_Archaeological_Museum,_Naples
gptkbp:dateCreated c. 100 BCE
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Battle_of_Issus
gptkb:Darius_III
gptkbp:dimensions 2.72 m × 5.13 m
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:House_of_the_Faun,_Pompeii
1831
gptkbp:features gptkb:Persian_army
gptkb:shield
gptkb:Macedonian_army
horses
chariots
shields
fallen soldiers
spears
battle scene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mosaic of the Battle of Issus
gptkbp:influencedBy Greek painting
gptkbp:inspiredBy lost Greek painting by Philoxenus of Eretria
gptkbp:material tesserae
gptkbp:significance masterpiece of ancient mosaic art
gptkbp:style Hellenistic
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Pompeii_Archaeological_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_di_Napoli_permanent_collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7