I love the art of mosaics. It is amazing the art people can create from broken pieces of almost anything and smooth tiles. Years ago, we rented a house in Cedar Park, Texas, and the first thing I noticed when I walked into the house was the kitchen. The tiles on the wall were a beautiful mosaic/ It was like a still life painting of fruit; only it was tiles. Gorgeous!
Historians of antiquity give the ancient Greeks the credit for making the mosaic an accepted and respected art form. However, mosaics originated in Mesopotamia about 4000 years ago. The Romans who seemed to believe that everything the Greeks did was worthy of their admiration used mosaics as decorative accents. Mosaic art could be found in public buildings and private residences throughout ancient Rome. Today mosaics are everywhere! Even in video games.
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Another mosaic I found out about yesterday is this one from the #Roman villa of La Milla del Río (León), with the Head of Oceanus. 2nd 1/2 of 4th century AD, partially restored #Spain #mosaic #Rome #archaeology #Leon pic.twitter.com/ki6zKzfeHA
— Rubén Montoya (@rubsmontoya) February 8, 2020
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🧿 New illustration ! 🧿🌿⭐
I had a lot of fun doing this illustration. I wanted to make mosaïc pattern for a while ! 😊🧿 PSD file, JPEG HD and step by step will be available on my Patreon for the december pack.#illustration #berber #arabic #mosaic #woman #robynnfrauhn pic.twitter.com/QUFg5mBc6s
— • Robynn Frauhn • 🌙 (@RFrauhn) December 8, 2019
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Array & object offset #b3d #ProceduralArt #art #design #mosaic #blender3d pic.twitter.com/BA7Re316Rr
— Benny Govaerts (@BennyGovaerts) December 5, 2019
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https://twitter.com/DigitalMapsAW/status/1219206346928803840
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Fernand Leger (France, 1881-1955) dreamed of 'great walls where colors would bring joy in the gray concrete mixers of modern cities'. That's what he did in several French cities with #Mosaic #Alfortville #Biot #Argentan #Passy #SaintLo pic.twitter.com/8b2ggIMSqq
— Brut & Naïf (@BrutNaif) March 8, 2019
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7 Contemporary #Mosaic #Artists Keeping the Ancient Art Form Alivehttps://t.co/sDyFi39A3M pic.twitter.com/8t8jNd4qVq
— Oden (@Gjallarhornet) December 14, 2018
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Here the smooth finish of the splash guard square tiles acts as a nice border for the piece de resistance, a fruit mural above the stove created with softer finished ceramic tiles. https://t.co/3aZVvBdtq8 #Mosaic #Kitchens #Tile pic.twitter.com/MeOyE4LvZ3
— Nelson Londono (@artsaics) July 16, 2018
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A cool #musical #mosaic on the streets of #Alexandria, #EGYPT. Photo by Beth Moon. #street… https://t.co/w0BlMozhwS pic.twitter.com/cSU4l42Cyd
— AFKTravel (@AFKTravel) November 3, 2015
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Amazing paintings of #architecture & #mosaic at #Lahore Fort in #India #archaeology http://t.co/CSIfo4U65N #inspire pic.twitter.com/8AxkRFLRRH
— CambridgeDigitalLib (@CamDigLib) June 30, 2015
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Mosaic by @krillbite is a game about discovering the joy & beauty in the gloom of the average modern day.
Full article on our site:https://t.co/4Le6UUrKS3#Mosaic pic.twitter.com/JDalTYVAM9
— GamersPack (@GamersPack) September 4, 2019
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