See this unique masterpiece in its final United States venue before it travels to the Louvre in Paris and eventually becomes the permanent focus of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Center in Israel.ĭating to 300 CE, the “Lod Mosaic” is one of the most complete, well-preserved, and largest Roman mosaics ever found. Learn about the mosaic’s discovery, history and conservation in this limited time exhibition. Discovered in 1996 in Lod, Israel (near Tel Aviv), the “Lod Mosaic” is often characterized as an archaeological gem. More than 300 square feet and nearly 2,000 years old, this ancient Roman floor mosaic is one of the world’s largest and best preserved. The Lod Mosaic Image © Israel Antiquities Authority In February 2013, “Unearthing a Masterpiece” the Lod Mosaic moves to University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.The Penn Museum in Philadelphia displays The Lod Mosaic in an exhibition on view February 10 – May 12, 2013. Where: The Field Museum 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 The Lod Mosaic then travels to Columbus, Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lod Mosaic at the Field Museum, on view from Dec. Lillian’s presentation takes the audience on a fascinating journey, explaining the mosaic’s symbolism and construction and introducing the revolutionary idea that the flat pavement was meant to be imagined as a three-dimensional sphere or globe. Lecture: “Lod 2.0: Above and Below” Monday, December 12 Finished artworks, work in progress, tools, books and a resource hand-out are featured. Display includes examples of various methods and materials highlighting the ancient roots or “grammar” of mosaic making. Professionally trained artist, Lillian Sizemore, demonstrates her mosaic methods, using the classical hammer and hardie cutting technique. – – – CALENDAR of PAST EVENTS Live Mosaic Demonstrations Saturday, December 10ġ1 AM to 3 PM in the Marae Gallery, 2 nd floor So get comfortable and prepare to be inspired! Join Lillian as she decodes the underlying mysteries of this spectacular 1700 year-old Roman pavement excavated in Lod, Israel. In this fascinating journey, Lillian explains the mosaic’s symbolism and construction and introduces her revolutionary research that the flat pavement was imagined as a three-dimensional sphere. I felt lonely when I got too far from it, and happy and full when I was looking at it.” UPDATE: View Sizemore’s Educational VIDEO and go in-depth on the LOD MOSAIC. “Now I understand more why I had so much trouble walking away from that mosaic. I might have simply assumed “Noah’s Ark” before hearing your lecture, and would have satisfied myself by enjoying the lovely patterns.” “Thank you for your thoughts about sacred geometry and how it appears in the Lod Mosaic. Sacred Geometry meets Nanotech: Hexagonal Graphene, only one atom thick Hearing Sizemore’s lecture on the geometry of the Lod Mosaic gave many listeners an “aha” moment of their own. Says Sizemore, “Standing on the floor puts you literally in the center of the universe” When Sizemore folds her model of the floor to create a globe, the birds and fish appear in three-dimensional shapes pointing up to the sky and down to the waters the mammals hunt in squared frames, grounding the design in an earthly network. On the pavement, birds, fish and animals strut and swim in geometrical frames of elaborate and detailed interlocking guilloche borders. “I recognized the geometry, but it was only when I imagined the floor three-dimensionally that the mosaic took on a whole new meaning,” says Sizemore. In her lectures and demonstrations, Sizemore uses animated illustrations and folded models of the floor to reveal how the geometry and imagery work together. “The wealthy merchant who commissioned this floor made quite a statement when he placed this contemplative instrument in his reception hall,” says Sizemore. As with the patterned mosaic floors in cathedrals, mosques, and temples around the world, one can stand on this pavement and experience the infinite. To the initiated, these patterns provided access to the highest levels of thinking and contemplation. “By harnessing natural shapes and combining them with images of animals, the creators of the Lod Mosaic made their pavement both decorative and perhaps, philosophical,” says Sizemore. Sizemore explains that ancient Greeks and Romans used the geometric shapes they saw in nature as a foundation for learning. 9th – the Roman pavement has toured from the Metropolitan Museum, NYC, and Legion of Honor, San Francisco Nationally touring Lod Mosaic moves to Field Museum in Chicago Dec.
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