#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Columns and capitals

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Three capitals

Since we're in a 16th century frame of mind thanks to #BookWormSat, my weird picture of the day is one of Fabrizio Riccardi's illustrations for Rabelais' 'Pantagruel'. Riccardi is a contemporary Italian #surrealist. #weird #weirdart #surrealism #ItalianArt #artsky #Rabelais

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Mosaic showing a peacock

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Mosaic with geometric motifs

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Mosaic with geometric motifs and depictions of animals, found in the Basilica of St. Severo, Classe. Late 6th century CE.

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt More wine jugs.

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Big amphoras

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Wine jugs from the eastern Mediterranean

#Art #ItalianArt #RomanArt Two combs and parts of a scale (a beam and two weights), 6th-7th century CE