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The Chicago Mosaic School is a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the fine art of mosaic and providing opportunities for comprehensive study with an academic, materially-oriented approach to art education. Since it was founded in 2005 by artist Karen Ami, the school remains one of the only mosaic fine arts schools outside of ...
Bou Inania Madrasa, Fes, Morocco, zellij mosaic tiles forming elaborate geometric tessellations. From the 15th century, the number of smaller Islamic courts began to fall, as the Ottoman Empire, and later the Safavids and European powers, swallowed them up; this had an effect on Islamic art, which was usually strongly led by the patronage of ...
Jim Bachor (born c. 1964) [1] is an American graphic designer, street and mosaic artist. He is known for his contemporary mosaics produced using ancient techniques. More recently, Bachor has become well known for the mosaic art that he has installed in potholes on the streets of Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Antonio, Nashville, Los Angeles; Carrara, Italy; and Jyväskylä, Finland.
A Tiffany lamp is a type of lamp made of glass and shade designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany or artisans, mostly women, and made (in originals) in his design studio. The glass in the lampshades is put together with the copper-foil technique instead of leaded, the classic technique for stained-glass windows.
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İznik pottery lamp with lotuses c. 1510, similar to four lamps that hung in the mausoleum of Bayezid II in Istanbul. In 2000, three 14th-century Mamluk mosque lamps in pristine condition from the collection of Bethsabée de Rothschild sold at Christie's in London for £1,763,750 (US$2,582K), £993,750 (US$1,455K) and £641,750 (US$937K). [10]
The mosaics are incredibly large, with "The Worcester Hunt," the largest Antioch mosaic in the United States, [3] measuring 20.5 feet (6.26 m) x 23.3 feet (7.11 m). [5] The mosaics range in design from realistic imagery and scenes, to purely geometric patterns. [4] It is believed that the mosaics were created by mosaic specialists. [1]
There are two main types of mosaic surviving from this period: wall mosaics in churches, and sometimes palaces, made using glass tesserae, sometimes backed by gold leaf for a gold ground effect, and floor mosaics that have mostly been found by archaeology. These often use stone pieces, and are generally less refined in creating their images.