Art History Glossary

Search
Skip to content
  • Glossary

mosaic

A medium in which small, roughly cubic pieces of colored material (usually stone or glass) are embedded in mortar to create patterns or images. The small pieces are called tesserae. Video here.  See also: tile mosaic, pebble mosaic, emblema, opus vermiculatum.

roman-mosaic

Fragmentary Roman mosaic from Zeugma, Turkey. 1st century BCE.  Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey.

Post navigation

Previous Postlost-wax methodNext Postatrium

Random Glossary term

  • shawabti

A free resource for students and teachers, created by Dr. James Terry

Recent Comments

  • Anonymous on Glossary
  • Anonymous on Glossary
  • Jim Terry on Glossary
  • guest on Glossary

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Proudly powered by WordPress