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File:MANNapoli 109982 roue de la fortune memento mori.jpg, featured[edit]
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Info all by me -- Jebulon (talk) 20:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Support This ancient roman mosaic from Pompeii, now on display in the National Archaeological Museum from Naplesmosaic, shows an allegorical and symbolic approach to the philosophical theme, of Hellenistic origin but still very modern, of the transience of life and the imminence of death which, by eliminating the disparities of social class and wealth, restores equilibrium to the vagaries of fate. The upper part of the composition shows a level with a plumb-line, very well known by the roman builders. The axis of the plumb bob is death (the skull), while below it is a butterfly (the soul) balanced on a wheel (Fortune). Beneath the arms of the level, which are opposed and perfectly balanced, are the symbols of poverty to the right (the knapsack, the beggar’s stick and the cloak) and the symbols of wealth to the left (the sceptre, purple and the crown). It is worth emphasising the care with which the artist uses colour to give greater precision and characterisation to some of the objects such as the skull or the level, where the different shades of colour make it possible to highlight the wooden part of the instrument and the connecting parts in bronze. The size is 47X41 cm. -- Jebulon (talk) 20:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)- Support --Hubertl 20:54, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support - I don't think this was on display when I visited the museum, or I would have remembered it, because it's a very memorable mosaic. Great art, excellent photograph, terrific info. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:01, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- I've found a reference with a description for this piece, under the same inventory number, indication for the location in the museum, in the Guide général du Musée National de Naples, by Domenico Monaco, Naples, 1890.--Jebulon (talk) 00:19, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support INeverCry 21:39, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 22:23, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 23:01, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support. Isn't it one of the mosaics appearing in Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii? — TintoMeches, 00:01, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Yes indeed, but the detail is "in mirror"--Jebulon (talk) 00:23, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support Nice job, added an English description based on the French description, which was clear enough that I did not have to resort to Google for more than a few words (pour ce, merci beaucoup). Daniel Case (talk) 03:12, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Comment Actually, no merit for me, it is an adaptation of the english description readable on the museum's site !
- Support Memento moriendum esse. Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support great --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:27, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support --Cayambe (talk) 07:28, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support --Medium69 You wanted talk to me? 15:17, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 17:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 21:10, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
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