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2. Byzantine mosaics - Wikipedia

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   Like other mosaics, Byzantine mosaics are made of small pieces of glass, stone, ceramic, or other material, which are called tesserae. [18] During the Byzantine period, craftsmen expanded the materials that could be turned into tesserae, beginning to include gold leaf and precious stones, and perfected their construction.

3. Cosmatesque - Wikipedia

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   Cosmatesque screen at the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano.Some works of Deodatus di Cosma for Colonna family are housed in the basilica.. Cosmatesque, or Cosmati, is a style of geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of the architecture of Medieval Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings.

4. Tessera - Wikipedia

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   In early antiquity, mosaics were formed from naturally formed colored pebbles. By roughly 200 BC cut stone tesserae were being used in Hellenistic-Greek mosaics. For instance, a large body of surviving material from the Hellenistic period can be found in the mosaics of Delos, Greece, dating to the late 2nd century BC.

5. 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.

6. Portuguese pavement mosaic would be 'UK's first' - AOL

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   A Portuguese pavement mosaic thought to be the first of its kind in the UK could be installed on a seaside town's new sculpture trail. The ground-breaking 30sq m (322sq ft) exhibit would be part ...

7. Terrazzo - Wikipedia

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   The popularity of terrazzo led to an increase in installers in the 1920s. The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Organization was formed in 1931 to further professionalize the practice of terrazzo installation. [5] One of the best-known examples of terrazzo is the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Created in 1958, the walk honors celebrities in the form of a ...