mosaic

     

Mosaic is the art of creating images with small pieces of colore glass, stone or other material. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral. Small tiles or fragments of pottery (known as tesserae, diminutive tessellae) or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils are used to create a pattern or picture.

Trivia about mosaic

  • A design made from tiny pieces of colored material, or anything pertaining to the prophet Moses
  • Instead of using bits of colored tiles or stones to make this type of picture, try dried beans
  • This crafty term can be a tiled decorative image or, as an adjective, describe a biblical lawgiver
  • Put the pieces together & you'll see the name of this artwork means it's "of the Muses"
  • This type of picture takes its name from a medieval term for decorations of shrines to the muses
  • This art form of setting stones or glass into mortar was the main decorative art of the Byzantine Empire