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    Mosaic Village

      The ancient art of mosaic tiles has been used for centuries as a way to decorate

      everything from Roman cathedrals to Persian mosques.Once carried out using only stone

      or coloured glass tiles, artists now embrace everything from stamps to burnt toast

      Here are 10 of the best works of art from around the world.

      1. The Madaba Map-
      Madaba, Jordan

      2. Villa Romana del Casale-
      Sicily, Italy

      Created in the 6th century

      Discovered in 1894

      16 metres long and 6 metres wide

      Useful Fact: The Madaba Map is the oldest

      cartographic depiction of the Holy Land in

      mosaic form.

      Created in the 4th century

      Discovered during 3 excavations between

      1929 and 1960

      Measures over 4,200 square yards

      Useful Fact: Decorating the floor of the Villa

      Romana del Casale, this mosaic depicts

      scenes from Roman life and it was recently

      added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

      3. Entrance Upon – New
      York City, USA

      4. Ravenna, Italy

      Created by artist Squire Vickers in the

      early 1900s

      Located at Times Square Station

      Useful Fact: This mosaic is one of 226

      listed artworks by Squire Vickers across

      the New York subway system.

      Created in the 5th and 6th centuries

      Depicting the life of Jesus Christ and

      other biblical scenes

      Useful Fact: This mosaic is one of many

      famous mosaics found in three separate

      Ravenna churches:

      Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo

      Sant’Apollinare in Classe

      Basilica of San Vitale

      5. Glass Mosaic Mural –
      San Diego, California, USA

      6. Jāmeh Mosque of Yazd –
      Yazd, Iran

      Created by Italo Botti in 2003

      Measures 43 feet wide and 72 feet tall

      One of the largest murals of its

      kind in the world

      Useful Fact: This mosaic was one of the

      last of Botti’s works. He passed away four

      months after its completion.

      Created in the 13th century

      Measures over 48 metres tall

      Useful Fact:The entrance — flanked by

      48-meter tall minarets — is completely

      covered in mosaic tile work. The dome,

      interior chamber, and minarets are also

      decorated in mosaic tiles

      7. The Great Pavement –
      Westminster Abbey,
      London, England

      8. Fish Pond –
      Croydon, London

      Created in the 13th century

      Commissioned by the Abbot

      of Westminster

      Measures 24 square feet

      Useful Fact: The Abbot of Westminster

      imported a ship full of marble glass and

      Italian designers to create the mosaic

      after seeing the floor in the Pope’s

      summer home.

      Created by Gary Drostle

      Inspired by trompe l’oeil design

      Made using vitreous ceramic tesserae

      Useful Fact: The Fish Pond is a central

      feature of an award-winning public

      garden in Croydon.

      9. 16th Avenue Tiled Steps
      – San Diego,
      California

      10. Burnt Toast Mona Lisa
      – Hong Kong

      Created in 2005 by Aileen Barr and

      mosaic artist Colette Crutcher

      Covering 163 steps

      Useful Fact: The steps took the artists

      and more than 300 community members

      two-and-half years to complete, using

      2,000 handmade tiles and 75,000

      fragments of mirror.

      Created by Maurice Bennett

      ‘The Toastman’

      Required 6,000 pieces of toast

      Useful Fact: Maurice Bennett burnt

      toast using a blowtorch to create

      patterns and colour tones.

      Date Added: 20 Feb 2014, 11:16 AM
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