Mosaics
Throughout history, mosaic art has been an expression of aesthetics, spirituality and luxury. Here are inspirational Greek, Roman and Christian mosaics that have brought art and color to the walls and floors of palaces, theatres, churches, public buildings, villas and baths.
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Mozaïek van glas, polychroom en goudkleurig, met voorstelling Raphaël. Ondergrond beton.
The oldest wall decorations in Islamic Spain were mosaics made of variously shaped coloured tile pieces arranged in intricate geometric patterns. This was a time-consuming and therefore expensive technique. Only the very rich could afford such wall mosaic…
Detail of mosaic floor at Trikke.
The mosaic floor next to the bedrock of the northern apse.
Blegen Library Archives; DELOS 1936, "On cardboard with title ""DELOS 1936"""
Thessaloniki, St. George Rotunda, apse mosaic
Attica, Daphni Monastery, katholikon, narthex, lunette, mosaic depicting the kiss of Judas
Pedestal used in Byzantine times as an ambo in Basilica B; its pagan reliefs were covered with a Christian mosaic depicting Saints.
Floor mosaic of the early christian chapel to the north of the Euphrasian Basilica with a kantharos and vegetal swirls
Mosaic floor, decoration with peacocks
Floor mosaic depicting Nereid. From Rhodes.
Judgment of Paris scene present in the Mosaic of the Amores. It is made with stone tiles (black, red, pink, white, gray, yellow) and vitreous paste (black, green, blue, yellow, orange) and is one of the main scenes along with the Selene myth and Endimion …
Mosaic with two emblems, the only one in situ depicting a Tritoness and a flying Eros
Pave mosaics with a pattern made by curved-side squares inside which there are blue birds
Naos, mosaic of saint Demetrius with builders, detail
Naos, part of mosaic with the dedication of children to the Saint, detail
Rome, drawing of a mosaic medallion depicting a woman, Simplicia Rustica, from the cemetery of Ciriaca
Detail of a mosaic from Aquileia with a fruit garland
The excavations carried out in Cástulo in 2011 discovered, in area 2 of the archeological site, a large building of approximately 33x12 m (Building D) dated to the end of the first century A.D. The building would have been erected in honor of the emperor …
Myth of Selene and Endimión del Mosaico de los Amores. It is one of the main scenes placed next to the scene of the Judgment of Paris. The mosaic is made with stone tiles (black, red, roses, yellow, gray and white) and vitreous paste (black, red, green, b…
Lithographic illustration showing a Roman tessallated pavement discovered in Leadenhall Street, London, in December 1803. It depicts Bacchus, Roman god of wine, good times, ecstasy, fertility and wild Nature. He carries a pine-cone tipped thyrsus and ride…
The etching shows a plan of part of a Roman building at Haceby, Lincolnshire, with mosaic floors (shown in detail), and also some pottery and a column base found there.
A sheet of grey paper, on which are pasted a cut-down impression of an engraving by Thomas King of the Bignor pavement, and a cutting from the M[orning?] Post dated August 1811, and another cutting dated July 1811. The cuttings describe the circumstances…
The engraving shows part of a mosaic pavement from the Roman villa at Bignor, West Sussex. This was found in Room 7 on Lysons' plan, which had an hexagonal pool surounded by a mosic floor divided into hexagonal compartments with dancing nymphs. The …
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On a yellow background, the small, almost rectangular glass fragment shows a blossom whose elongated blue sepals and red stamens emerge from a red rectangle. An already highly corroded glass band surrounds the leaves. In Roman times, colored, ornamented g…
Inst./Coll.: Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (Bruxelles) / Inv.: V.1280; fleur; mosaïque[objet]; …
Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin, Inv. Nr. 15157. Werk und Digitalisat sind gemeinfrei, aber wir freuen uns über einen Bildnachweis. (Bemerkung)
The small rectangular fragment has rhomboid yellow inlays on a blue background. In Roman times, colored, ornamented glass was used for vessels, mosaics, wall decorations and furniture decorations. Different colored glasses were formed into tubes and rods …
Stavri Micheli lägger mosaik i Villa Kolkis trädgård.
Archaeological Service / Museum: Ephorate of Antiquities of Phthiotis and Evrytania
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