INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART:UNIT 50:Media-Mosaic

HAA 0050

INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Units 50 and 51

MEDIA USED IN MEDIEVAL PAINTING AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART:

Mosaic

MOSAIC TECHNIQUES
Diagram of mosaic	Sinopia Detail from the Annunciation to Zaccariah Florence, Baptistry end of 13th century	Workman restoring parts of a Roman mosaic floor Piazza Armerina, Sicily

MOSAIC TECHNIQUES

Diagram of mosaic

Sinopia

Detail from the Annunciation to Zaccariah
Florence, Baptistry

end of 13th century

Workman restoring parts of a Roman mosaic floor

Piazza Armerina, Sicily

Ravenna, San Vitale Click here for more [optional]
General view of apse	detail of vault
Theodora and her Attendants	Detail of Theodora

Germigny, France Click here for more [optional]
	detail: angels and ark of the covenant

Daphni, Greece
Christ Pantocrator

Prague Cathedral
South transept	Last Judgement mosaic

Definitions

Mosaic: Technique of decoration usually employed on walls, ceilings, apses, or floors, made of small pieces (tesserae) of colored stone, marble, colored glass, or glass enclosing gold leaf embedded in cement. Most frequently used in the Early Christian and Byzantine periods in the Mediterranean area. Occasionally found in northern Europe in later periods.

Tessera (plural: tesserae): Small piece of stone, glass, etc., used in making a mosaic.

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