1. MOSAICS HISTORY AND PRODUCTION

2. 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.

3. HISTORY M osaics M osaics have been used throughout history to make places feel special and easy to keep clean. FLORIDA ITALY

4. 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.

5. TIME LINE ce = common erabce = before common era 2016 ce 400 bce 2016 + 400 2416years 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?

6. 2416 YEAR OLD FOUNDATIONS ARE STILL STANDING TODAY

7. GEOMETRIC PATTERNS WERE PROBABLY THE FIRST DESIGNS FOR FLOOR MOSAICS

8. DECORATIVE THEMES FOLLOWED

9. FAMILIAR SIGHTS

10. SPORTS

11. ACTION

12. ART & MYTHOLOGY The power of nature inspires art and mythology.

13. HOKUSAI JAPANESE ARTIST 1760-1849 ce

14. MOSAICS AT THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM LONDON, ENGLAND FLORIDA LONDON

15. MOSAIC FLOORS IN THE FOYER

16. MUSIC

17. THEATRE

18. WONDER

19. SCIENCE

20. HOW MANY DIMENSIONS IS A MOSAIC?

21. height width 2D = height + width

22. PRODUCTION: PAPER MOSAICS The following are paper mosaic made at Curtis Fundamental in 2006. Notice the paper tile pattern, border, and theme. It is 36” H x 48” W.

23. SUN

24. SUNSET

25. HAMSTER

26. PALM AT NIGHT

27. SUNSET ON THE 4 TH OF JULY