This book gives a comprehensive and fully illustrated history of mosaics in the Greek and ... itself as the starting point for the study of mosaics for scholar and general reader alike.' The Art ...
It is one of just three known mosaics of its kind in the world, according to Anthony Beeson, an expert on Roman and Greek architecture and art ... Boxford History Project Archaeologists and ...
“These mosaics dating back to the fourth century provide a rare insight into the local history of Hampshire during ... Committee on the Exports of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest.
[Photo/Xinhua] Filigree Mosaic art, a traditional imperial handicraft dating back to the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), reached its peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911).
"It's next to the actual bridge over the River Thames and I was really inspired by the history of the site ... said he was also inspired by the mosaic art created for Tottenham Court Road ...
This fragment of mosaic formed part of an elaborate tessellated pavement which covered the floor of a two-chambered room in a Roman building at Cherhill, near Calne. The panel shows a hunting dog ...
Two main lines of approach are followed throughout: first, the role of mosaics as a significant art form, which over an unbroken span illuminates the evolution of pictorial style better than any ...