Drawing the Rutland Trojan War Mosaic, a talk by Dr David Neal, Britain’s foremost mosaic expert
In the Summer of 2020 a magnificent figured Roman mosaic was partially uncovered in a Rutland field, showing scenes from the ancient Trojan War story, most famously narrated by Homer in the Iliad. Over two seasons of excavation the mosaic was fully uncovered and despite being damaged, was recognisable as showing the duel between Achilles and Hector. The mosaic was drawn in situ by David Neal, in preparation for producing a tessara by tessara painting. David’s talk will describe the processes of carefully recording the mosaic and transforming his drawing to a full colour painting of this unique example of ancient art.
Recorded in front of a live audience at the University of Leicester during 'Reconstructing the Past in Leicestershire and Rutland' on 25 November 2023. Find out more at [ Ссылка ]
