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A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is often used in decorative art or as interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae. Some, especially floor mosaics, are made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called "pebble mosaics". Others are made of other materials. Bell Ringer #2(Read This) Summerize into your own words and write a note in your art journal. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with wall and ceiling mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries; that tradition was adopted by the Norman kingdom in Sicily in the 12th century, by eastern-influenced Venice, and among the Rus in Ukraine. Bell Ringer #3(Read This) Summerize into your own words and write a note in your art journal. Mosaic fell out of fashion in the Renaissance, though artists like Raphael continued to practise the old technique. Roman and Byzantine influence led Jews to decorate 5th and 6th century synagogues in the Middle East with floor mosaics. Mosaic was widely used on religious buildings and palaces in early Islamic art, including Islam's first great religious building, the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Mosaics fell out of fashion for Islam about the 8the century. A Brief History of Mosaics
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Byzantine mosaic above the entrance portal of the Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč, Croatia (6th century)
The Dome of the Rock is not a mosque, but a Muslim shrine. Like the Ka'ba in Mecca, it is built over a sacred stone. This stone is believed to be the place from which the Prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven during his Night Journey to heaven.
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Arabesque
an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration.
Illumination
The art or act of decorating a text, page, or initial letter with ornamental designs, images, or lettering.
Iconography
the traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject and especially a religious or legendary subject.
Aniconism
Aniconism is the absence of material representations of the natural and supernatural world in various cultures, particularly in the monotheistic Abrahamic religions. It may extend from only God and deities to saint characters, all living beings, and everything that exists.
Iconoclasm
the destruction of religious icons and other images or monuments for religious or political motives.