4th Room of Private Apartment (29)
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Publication Date
10-8-2025
Abstract
This polychrome mosaic is in good condition. It depicts an idyllic landscape of symmetrically arranged cupid fishermen. The foreground of the mosaic shows a marine view with thick underwater vegetation, and the background has a villa with a large portico. The realistic portrayal of the architecture follows the semicircular inlet of the rocky shore. The rest of the scene takes place at sea and is occupied by 4 boats, decorated with similar colors as the villa and adorned with different geometric motifs. Each boat has 3 cupid fishermen inside marked with a black “V” on the forehead – a distinctive sign of the tetrarchic era. The detail of the cupid fishermen being depicted without wings shows the tendency to humanize fantastical figures in these mosaics.
Model Creation Date
02/01/2022
Alt Text
A three-dimensional model of rectangle-shaped room made of stone with a tile mosaic floor and many fresco paintings still visible on its walls. Damage to the floor is not insignificant, but still allows for a clear view of the scene depicted by the mosaic tiles. The frescos in the room are still largely intact and feature human figures framed by red and orange lines, with additional decorative elements seen between each framed figure. An off-center opening in the room's southern wall serves as its entrance. The 3D model can be freely moved, rotated, and zoomed in and out, allowing the viewer to inspect the object with greater detail and from multiple different angles.
Extent
1 3D Model
Media Type
Models (Representations); Renderings (Drawings)
Digitization Specifications
Method: Agisoft Metashape
Processing Software
Agisoft Metashape
Download Size
75MB
Geometry
116.5k Triangles
Format
Digital Only
Materials
1
Rigged Geometries
No
Scale Transformations
No
Textures
1
UV Layers
Yes
Vertex Colors
No
Vertices
58.9k
Recommended Citation
USF Institute for Digital Exploration, "4th Room of Private Apartment (29)" (2025). Villa del Casale Mosaics. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/idex_casale/15
