mosaics

mosaics
Pictures formed by inserting small pieces of coloured tiles of glass or marble into walls or floors; not a Hebrew skill and not mentioned in the OT, which prohibited all images of God. But some examples of mosaic work were discovered at Masada from the period of Herod the Great, and in grand 1st-cent. houses recently excavated in Jerusalem; and Jewish synagogues in a more liberal age of the 4th cent. CE used the decoration. The best Christian examples of the art are the mosaics in several churches in and near Ravenna, Italy, dating from the 6th cent., which portray a regal, Byzantine, Christ.

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  • Mosaics — • Includes information on the history and techniques Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mosaics     Mosaics     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • mosaics —    Few mosaics were created in Mesopotamia before the infusion of Greek and Roman artistic influences in the last few centuries b.c. The earliest mosaic like technique in the region, introduced by the Sumerians, used small baked clay cones. These …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

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  • Early Byzantine mosaics in the Middle East — are a group of Christian mosaics created between the 4th and the 8th centuries in ancient Syria, Palestine and Egypt when the area belonged to the Byzantine Empire. The eastern provinces of the Eastern Roman and later the Byzantine Empires… …   Wikipedia

  • Museum of Mosaics, Devnya — The Museum of Mosaics in Devnya, Bulgaria The Museum of Mosaics (Bulgarian: Музей на мозайките, Muzey na mozaykite) is a museum in the town of Devnya in Varna Province, northeastern …   Wikipedia

  • Impressionist mosaics — Unlike traditional mosaics which rely on differently colored material arranged in arbitrary configurations, impressionist mosaics are created by arranging square, homogenously colored tiles in a grid like, non overlapped fashion, using the… …   Wikipedia

  • Frumuşeni Mosaics — The Frumuşeni Mosaics are a set of millennium old mosaics discovered in Romania at Fântâna Turcului (Turk s Well), close to the locality of Frumuşeni, on the left bank of Mureş River, near the city of Arad. The area of the discovery corresponds… …   Wikipedia

  • Orpheus mosaics — are found in several contexts throughout the Roman Empire. The subject is found, for example, in Woodchester in the present day United Kingdom[1] as well as Volubilis in present day Morocco.[2] Orpheus was a popular subject in classical art, and… …   Wikipedia

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