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Mosaics

Mosaics. By: Shawn McGugan & Nina Varney Wilkes University ELEM 527. What is a Mosaic?. History . Mosaics date back as far as Ancient Greece (4 th century BC). Well-to-do Greeks of the 4 th century had their floors covered with elaborate mosaics, much like a carpet design.

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Mosaics

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  1. Mosaics By: Shawn McGugan & Nina Varney Wilkes University ELEM 527

  2. What is a Mosaic?

  3. History • Mosaics date back as far as Ancient Greece (4th century BC). Well-to-do Greeks of the 4th century had their floors covered with elaborate mosaics, much like a carpet design. • The designs and color were not that advanced due to the use of natural pebbles. These were mainly limited to black backgrounds and white figures. • During the next century, Greeks began to use small cubes cut from stone to give a greater range of color, and would sometimes add fragments of glass. • These small cubes of stone and glass are called tesserae, which is the basic ingredient in mosaics today.

  4. Materials Needed: • Small pieces of different colored glass, stone, ceramic tile, beads, shells, scraps of wood, cardboard, or paper. • Plaster - a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry

  5. Early Mosaics Pebble Mosaic

  6. Gypsy Girl (Gaea)
Scholars have suggested that the Gypsy Girl, named for the wild look in her eyes, might be Gaea, goddess of the Earth. A close up of a mosaic from Thessaloniki, Greece Photo taken by Brendapokorny

  7. Modern-Day Mosaics Potted Sunflower Trendy Outdoor Fireplace

  8. References Exploring Music: Guitar Solo: Tarrega's "EstudioBrilliante". Mews Music.(2002). Retrieved February 20, 2010, fromDiscovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Mosaics from Thessaloniki, Greece www.brendapokorny.com/.../ greece/greek-mosaics What Are Mosaics?. Double Diamond.(2003). Retrieved February 21, 2010, fromDiscovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ www.theresedesjardinstudio.com/.../ index.html www.luxuryhousingtrends.com/.../ Created 2005. Retrieved Feb. 2010. www.pbs.org/wgbh/ nova/zeugma/mosa_01.html. Created Sept. 2002. Retrieved Feb. 2010.

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