Bear Hunt (detail), A.D. 300–400, Baiae, Italy. Stone tesserae. The J. Paul Getty Museum New This Month Combat Between Dares and Entellus , A.D. 175-200, Villelaure, France. Stone and glass tessarae. The J. Paul Getty Museum Roman Mosaics Across the Empire March 30–September 12, 2016 | The Getty Villa This exhibition explores elaborate mosaic floors that transformed entire rooms into spectacular settings of vibrant color, figural imagery, and geometric design at the height of the Roman empire. Scenes from mythology, daily life, the natural world, and spectacles in the arena are presented, along with the contexts of their discovery across Rome's expanding empire—from its center in Italy to provinces in North Africa, southern Gaul, and ancient Syria. Learn more about the exhibition » Continuing This Month Andy Warhol , 1983, Robert Mapplethorpe. Gelatin silver print. Promised Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to The J. P