The mosaics of the apse, work by Pietro Cavallini, were mostly lost in the 1823 fire ; only a few traces were incorporated in the reconstruction.

** Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics in St. Peter's Basilica ( born 1685 )

Inside the church are a number of late 13th-century mosaics by Pietro Cavallini on the subject of the Life of the Virgin ( 1291 ) centering on a " Corontation of the Virgin " in the apse.

* The church of Santa Eufemia ( 18th century ), gives access to the so-called Stone Carpets Domus ( 6th – 7th century ): this houses splendid mosaics from a Byzantine palace.

In mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, dating from 432-40, just after the council, she is not yet shown with a halo, and she is also not shown in Nativity scenes at this date, though she is included in the Adoration of the Magi.

Today's main attraction is the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, founded in 639 and with much 11th and 12th century Byzantine work, including mosaics ( e. g. a vivid version of the Last Judgement ), surviving.

* Scenes from the life of Mary ( c. 1298 ), mosaics at the apse of Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome.

Older Roman churches, such as Santa Pudenziana and Santa Maria in Trastevere, mosaics often depict the four creatures in a straight line rather than in a circular formation.

The design of the basilica was a typical one during this time in Rome: “ a tall and wide nave ; an aisle on either side ; and a semicircular apse at the end of the nave .” The key aspect that made Santa Maria Maggiore such a significant cornerstone in church building during the early 5th century were the beautiful mosaics found on the triumphal arch and nave.

The mosaics found in Santa Maria Maggiore are not just incredibly beautiful works of Late Antique art ; they are also one of the oldest representations of the Virgin Mary in Christian Late Antiquity.

As one scholar puts it, “ This is well demonstrated by the decoration of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome ,... where the iconographic depiction of the Virgin Mary was chosen at least in part to celebrate the affirmation of Mary as Theotokos ( bearer of God ) by the third ecumenical Council of Ephesus in 431 CE .” The mosaics of the triumphal arch and the nave in Santa Maria Maggiore were the definition of impressionistic art during the time period and gave a model for the future representations of the Virgin Mary.

As one scholar explains that mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore had two goals: one to glorify the Virgin Mary as Theotokos, ( God-Bearer ); and the other as the scholar puts is “ a systematic and comprehensive articulation of the relationship of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian scriptures as one in which the Hebrew Bible foreshadows Christianity .” This is explained by the dual images of Old Testament and New Testament events depicted in the mosaics of the triumphal arch and the nave.

The mosaics found in Santa Maria Maggiore are combinations of different styles of mosaic art during the time.

She was included in mosaics of the Imperial family, now lost, at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme and in a church dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist in Ravenna.

The style suggests it may have been made by the same workshop responsible for the Vergilius Vaticanus, and has links with the mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore.

The figures have landscape backgrounds, " atmospheric, autumnal settings, with softly shaded skies of pink and light blue ", that are " very close " to those of the Vergilius Vaticanus, whereas the Santa Maria Maggiore mosaics see the beginning of the use of a plain gold background in some scenes, the start of what was to become a very common feature in religious art for the next thousand years.

Conservation patches on mosaics wall of Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau ( Barcelona )

During this period he probably drew some cartoons for the mosaics of Jesus blessing in the St. Helen chapel of the basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.

The most ancient church is that of Santa Maria ( early 12th century ), currently closed for restorations which have disclosed the presence of precious mediaeval mosaics.

A test case is given by the mosaics of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome ”

Lazarus catholic church mosaics of Maria, Lazarus and Martha

There are six stately houses or palaces on the list ; the Croci House, the Dei Pagani Tre Buchi House, Palazzo Pollini, Palazzo Torriani, Villa Argentina and the Villa and mosaics of S. Maria in Borgo.

The interior of San Marco, Rome | St Mark ’ s Basilica in Rome, including the Byzantine mosaics commissioned by Gregory IV

In 833, Gregory completely rebuilt St Mark ’ s Basilica in Rome, adorning the walls with Byzantine-style mosaics, as well as a number of other churches which he either repaired or rebuilt.

The Stations of the Cross are pastel-hued mosaics crafted in the Vatican Studio of Mosaics in Rome.

This is proved by the mosaics at Ravenna and Rome.

Until the adoption of Christianity by Constantine Christian art derived its style and much of its iconography from popular Roman art, but from this point grand Christian buildings built under imperial patronage brought a need for Christian versions of Roman elite and official art, of which mosaics in churches in Rome are the most prominent surviving examples.

Several mosaics in churches include it, some showing a row of twelve sheep representing the apostles flanking the central Agnus Dei, as in Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome ( 526-30 ).

Only fragments have survived, but that technique was to be copied extensively, eventually ending up as a fundamental feature of Christian art: the apse mosaics that decorate so many churches in Rome, Ravenna, Sicily and Constantinople.

Until the adoption of Christianity by Constantine Christian art derived its style and much of its iconography from popular Roman art, but from this point grand Christian buildings built under imperial patronage brought a need for Christian versions of Roman elite and official art, of which mosaics in churches in Rome are the most prominent surviving examples.

He returned to Rome before 1325, beginning the external decoration of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura in 1321, with a series of Byzantine-style mosaics.

From the start of the period the main survivals of Christian art are the tomb-paintings in popular styles of the catacombs of Rome, but by the end there were a number of lavish mosaics in churches built under Imperial patronage.

In his old age, Anrep also acted as adviser and principal sketch artist for the mosaics installed in the chapel of Saint Paul ( 1964 – 1965 ) These mosaics depict various moments in the life of Paul ; his occupation as a tentmaker, his conversion to Christ, the shipwreck on Malta and his eventual execution in Rome.

Two early churches were dedicated to her in Rome, notably the Church of Sant ' Agata dei Goti in via Mazzarino, a titular church with apse mosaics of ca.

" The nave mosaics ( which represents stories of Old Testament history and accordingly offered Christians in Rome a new ' past ') are illusionistic in a colorful and impressionist manner " as this scholar puts it the scene was filled with movement, emotion, and it was to inspire thinking of Rome's " new " past ; the past of the Old Testament.

Muziano also designed mosaics for the Gregorian Chapel in the basilica, and was responsible for re-founding the Academy of St Luke ( Accademia di San Luca ) in Rome ( 1577 ).

An original work of Skopas on this theme was taken to Rome and lost, but the scene is well represented in Roman art, from tiny decorative reliefs and large sarcophagus panels to extensive mosaics.

* Italian mosaics: pietre dure works from Renaissance Florence and enamel micromosaics made in Rome.

The mosaics illustrate how the classical art of Greece and Rome evolved into the art of the early Christian era and tell the story of how people lived in this ancient city prior to its destruction by catastrophic earthquakes in 526 and 528 A. D.

It was only in the Comnenian period ( 1081 – 1185 ) that the cult of the icon became widespread in the Byzantine world, partly on account of the dearth of richer materials ( such as mosaics, ivory, and enamels ), but also because an iconostasis a special screen for icons was introduced then in ecclesiastical practice.

The tomb of William I of Sicily ( the founder's father ), a magnificent porphyry sarcophagus contemporary with the church, under a marble pillared canopy, and the founder William II's tomb, erected in 1575, were both shattered by a fire, which in 1811 broke out in the choir, injuring some of the mosaics, and destroying all the fine walnut choir-fittings, the organs, and most of the choir roof.

Special interest is held by the Chapel of the Sacrament ( late 16th century ), with scenic decorations and 14th century mosaics.

* Roman archaeological remains, including those of the original military camp, the sewers, two baths ( late 1st and 3rd century AD ), remains of the forum and several mosaics.

Though the period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Muslim conquest is not well known ( due to lack of documents ), there is clear evidence of Byzantine presence in the city, as indicated by mosaics found in the oldest parts of the Cathedral, which was in early medieval times a paleo-Christian temple.

The villa is a 1, 700-year-old ' stately home ' and was discovered by accident in 1864 It is the remains of one of the largest Romano-British villas in England featuring several mosaics, two bathhouses, hypocausts ( underfloor heating ), a water-shrine and a latrine.

Each of the four external mosaics show a central allegorical figure of the four arts ( poetry, painting, architecture and sculpture ), supported by two historical figures either side.

The intense artistic mosaics that grace the walls of the ancient masterpieces reveal stories of rulers, the underworld ( Xibalba ), Mayan creation, and even the particular function of the vessel.

Above the Blue Hall lies the Golden Hall ( Gyllene Salen ), named after the decorative mosaics made of more than 18 million tiles.

* Statuary, sculpture ( bas-relief panels, figural sculptures, sculptural groups ), murals, mosaics, and other artwork, all coordinated in theme to assert the identity of the building

There are mosaics where the main decorative motives are simple geometric figures, others have ornamental mythological figures like: hypocamposes ( seahorses ), accompanied by Nereids and Erotes.

However in his later book on the Mosaics of San Marco ( 1984 ), Otto Demus points out that none of the 12th-century mosaics which show St Theodore mentions more than his name, and it is suggested that he may have become the patron of the city before the two saints were distinguished.

In honour of the centenary of the birth of film director Alfred Hitchcock ( born 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone ), the London Borough of Waltham Forest commissioned the Greenwich Mural Workshop to create a series of mosaics of Hitchcock's life and works in the tube station.

The Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople employed nearly 10, 000 workmen and artisans, in a final burst of Roman art under Emperor Justinian ( 527 – 565 AD ), who also ordered the creation of the famous mosaics of Ravenna.

When David Lynch studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia ( PAFA ), he made a series of complex mosaics in geometric shapes which he called Industrial Symphonies.

Volkstheater U-Bahn station ( line U3 ), with mosaics by Anton Lehmden

Current technology for creating such very high-resolution images usually involves either making mosaics of a large number of high-resolution digital photographs or using a film negative as large as 12 " × 9 " ( 30 cm × 23 cm ) up to 18 " × 9 " ( 46 cm × 23 cm ), which is then scanned with a high-end large-format film scanner with at least 3000 dpi resolution.

It hosts painters and sculptors ( working in marble, metal and wood ) every year and, periodically, it hosts workshops and symposia for vitrage ( glass design ), mosaics, photography, graphics and clay, from countries around the world.

Raphael gave the chapel a centralized octagonal plan, under a dome decorated with mosaics to his cartoon ( 1516 ), representing the Creation of the World surrounded by the sun and the six know planets and a zodiac, each moved by an angel ; it is a rare example of mosaic executed to a High Renaissance design.