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Mosaic

A monumental medium included within the Byzantine category of icons and church image programs.

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Monumental mosaic

Mosaic + tesserae · 2 registered sources

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Raw material / support3 records
Making technique1 record
Visual / physical effect1 record
Surviving object evidence1 record
Condition / reconstruction0 records
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mosaic Tesserae
Open source ↗
public-domain-image-and-open-access-data
Smarthistory
Mosaics and microcosm: the monasteries of Hosios Loukas, Nea Moni, and Daphni
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work
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Connected record

← can-use-medium
Icon
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← used-in
Gold Ground
source-backed · Smarthistory
uses-material
Glass Tesserae
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-use-material
Gold Leaf
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← is-portable-form-of
Miniature Mosaic
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← uses-medium
Spatial Icon
example-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
Hosios Loukas
example-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
Nea Moni, Chios
example-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
Daphni Monastery
example-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
Chora Church / Monastery
example-backed · Smarthistory
← uses
Post-Iconoclast Church-Decoration Programs
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smarthistory
can-use-material
Stone Tesserae
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-use-technique
Tessera Setting
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
produces-effect
Mosaic Shimmer
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← uses-medium
Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery
source-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
Saint Sophia, Kyiv
source-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
San Vitale, Ravenna
source-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
Church of the Virgin of the Pharos
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← uses-medium
Ravenna East–West Contact Network
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
← uses-medium
Daphni–Hosios Loukas–Nea Moni Comparative Series
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
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text-reference-only

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