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2. Glass tile - Wikipedia

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   Glass mosaics of sea turtles on a subway platform. Since the 1990s, a variety of modern glass tile technologies, including methods to take used glass and recreate it as ' green ' tiles, has resulted in a resurgence of interest in glass tile as a floor and wall cladding. It is now most commonly used in pools, kitchens, spas, and bathrooms.

3. Mosaic - Wikipedia

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   A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster / mortar, and covering a surface. [ 1] Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Roman world. Mosaic today includes not just murals and pavements, but also ...

4. Tessera - Wikipedia

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   A tessera (plural: tesserae, diminutive tessella) is an individual tile, usually formed in the shape of a square, used in creating a mosaic. It is also known as an abaciscus or abaculus . A close up of the bottom left corner of the picture above. Close inspection of the full picture reveals the individual tesserae.

5. Byzantine mosaics - Wikipedia

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   Byzantine mosaics are mosaics produced from the 4th to 15th [ 1] centuries in and under the influence of the Byzantine Empire. Mosaics were some of the most popular [ 2] and historically significant art forms produced in the empire, and they are still studied extensively by art historians. [ 3] Although Byzantine mosaics evolved out of earlier ...

6. Famous artist created iconic mural just off Sacramento ... - AOL

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   One day, Fonda decided to get up close, swapping out her car for her bike. When she neared the building, she discovered it wasn’t just any mural, it was mosaic, composed of glass tiles.

7. Millard Sheets - Wikipedia

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   Millard Owen Sheets (June 24, 1907 – March 31, 1989) was an American artist, teacher, and architectural designer. He was one of the earliest of the California Scene Painting artists and helped define the art movement. Many of his large-scale building-mounted mosaics from the mid-20th century are still extant in Southern California. [ 1]