MOSAICS HISTORY AND PRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION M osaics M osaics are made of small shapes of colored ceramic tile, glass, stone, paper or other materials. The technique combines lines or groups of similar colors to form decorative pictures. Mosaics have been used to embellish interior and exterior spaces for thousands of years. They can be found in both public and private places.
HISTORY M osaics M osaics have been used throughout history to make places feel special and easy to keep clean. FLORIDA ITALY
OSTIA ANTICA, ITALY Ostia Antica, Italy was built about 400 bce protect the harbor at the mouth of the Tiber river. It is about 20 miles from Rome Italy.
TIME LINE ce = common erabce = before common era 2016 ce 400 bce years ago The whole world presently uses the same calendar. Over the past 2000 years the world has adopted the Christian calendar, even thought most of the world is not Christian. In respect for the diversity throughout the world, art historians have begun referring to the dates of historical events with new, universal, terms: bce, before common era, and ce, common era. Ostia Atica was built in 400 bce. How long ago was that?
2416 YEAR OLD FOUNDATIONS ARE STILL STANDING TODAY
GEOMETRIC PATTERNS WERE PROBABLY THE FIRST DESIGNS FOR FLOOR MOSAICS
DECORATIVE THEMES FOLLOWED
FAMILIAR SIGHTS
SPORTS
ACTION
ART & MYTHOLOGY The power of nature inspires art and mythology.
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MOSAICS AT THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM LONDON, ENGLAND FLORIDA LONDON
MOSAIC FLOORS IN THE FOYER
MUSIC
THEATRE
WONDER
SCIENCE
HOW MANY DIMENSIONS IS A MOSAIC?
height width 2D = height + width
PRODUCTION: PAPER MOSAICS The following are paper mosaic made at Curtis Fundamental in Notice the paper tile pattern, border, and theme. It is 36” H x 48” W.
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SUNSET ON THE 4 TH OF JULY