Amphitheater Up Close

On my way from Psychology to English on today, I decided that the floor of the Amphitheater should be part of my project. I took a picture from a distance on an elevated platform so that I could get the whole floor in one picture. Then, I decided to go on the Amphitheater and take a picture from the front so that I could see how it was made. I realized that it is a mosaic which interested me because I completed a mosaic project in high school for my IB Art class.


The oldest mosaics that have been discovered are from present-day Iraq. However, mosaics from this area were not like this one located in the Amphitheater. I believe that this mosaic is similar to those that came about during the Art Nouveau movement. At this time Antonio Gaudi was a popular mosaicist who created mosaics on buildings and large architectural surfaces. Gaudi is a Spaniard and much of his inspiration was from his culture. I feel that due to the colors and size, size, and structure of this mosaic, that it was inspired by Gaudi in order to add some Spanish culture to Clemson.