Mosaics from Sicily, Italy, from the second century. Floor mosaic from the cathedral of Syracuse (center top), floor mosaic from the church of Saint-Cataldo, Palermo (bottom), and wall mosaics from the chapel in the castle of the King of Palermo. Handcoloured lithograph by Scheurwasser from an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn in his own "Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthumlichen Farben dargestellt" (Ornaments of all classical art epochs after the originals and depicted in their proper colours.), Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, 1870. It includes interior decora
Mosaics from Sicily, Italy, from the second century. Floor mosaic from the cathedral of Syracuse (center top), floor mosaic from the church of Saint-Cataldo, Palermo (bottom), and wall mosaics from the chapel in the castle of the King of Palermo. Handcoloured lithograph by Scheurwasser from an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn in his own "Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthumlichen Farben dargestellt" (Ornaments of all classical art epochs after the originals and depicted in their proper colours.), Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, 1870. It includes interior decorations by Giulio Romano in the Palazzo del Te, Mantua, medieval mosaics in Sicily, and Roman wall paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum. Wilhelm Zahn (1800-1871) was a German artist, architect and academic who traveled around Europe documenting classical and Renaissance architecture.
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