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* History of Mosaic Art "Brief Introduction"

Mosaic store have variety of handcraft high quality mosaic art and tile products made "by hand" in Madaba - Jordan with large selection of high quality mosaic arts, we are constantly working on new mosaics tile, marble and new products.
We hope that you will enjoy your experience at our handmade arts gallery hope customer will be satisfied with our handcraft mosaic art gallery.

  Mosaics History :

Mosaics History Mosaic art is one of the oldest arts and photographic plaque formation is usually a large number of irregular small pieces "pebble"

usually colored by the whole picture landscapes or forms of engineering or plates human or animal. Mosaic art involves intermixing differently colored pieces of stones, glass tile etc. to decorate the floors, various pictures and patterns, Mosaic art is quite an ancient art.

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  Greek mosaics :

History of Greek mosaics art, Spread Greeks in the first century Bc use white and black mosaic filming sea life and ships, fish and animals .
Similarly Greeks decorated their floors with the help of pebble made mosaic tile

 and Macedonians used polychrome pebble mosaics to embellish their structures.

 But the variation was not confined to mosaic ingredients only for the images so created also differed with different civilizations.

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  Christian mosaics :

History of Christian mosaics art, the Byzantine mosaics closer to the micro architecture, but the most important manifestations of Byzantine art in and despite the knowledge of the Greeks and Romans of this art but its importance increased in the Christian era.

Christian mosaics and characterized some features with a method based on the lines, colors and proportions of others natural persons making body strong influence, with their help to achieve this goal as they paint standing in the face of a stalemate in the scenes and without movement, as well as with insight and the eyes wide and thick Eyebrows.

Many important mosaics style models of Christian mosaics art that found in the Eastern churches mosaic art due to the sixth and seventh centuries in the Church of Saint Dimitri Salonica.

The most nice Christian mosaics art models, particularly in the city of Ravenna in the Church of San Abu Inarnobo San Vitale was Justinian emperor had ordered made it, has spread the mosaics art throughout the Byzantine Empire.
Early Christian mosaics of 4th and 6th century BC mainly represented hunting scenes, birds and animals.

The art of Christian mosaics art pattern promised special artist in fashioning objects from small pieces and varied colors, and inertia characteristics of the movement of objects, and the unwavering commitment of the frequent in the group, and demonstrate the advantages of avoiding objects or inform impact on the emotions of members and features in the faces, as well as coverage area Objects enormous wealth of varied finishes first and explains much of what we achieved Byzantine life of prosperity and so it is clear that the art of the Christian mosaics art brought to the art of architecture oriented decoration.

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   Islamic mosaics :   

History of Islamic mosaics art, Islamic mosaics art were mostly floral pictures Islamic architecture used Islamic technique in intricate geometric designs. Some of the best examples of Islamic mosaics art in Moorish Spain and are still visible at the Alhamra.

Islamic mosaics art, has gone through several stages of evolution reached its summit in the modern Islamic background gives us a clear manifestation of the Islamic civilization in their prosperous, it was concerned with the details of the art objects and delving into the heart of recesses, effective through solid materials to the meaning of life, that the art of cohesion, interdependence, which in its implications across the nation on the condition of civilization led the world into an unprecedented prospects of science and knowledge.

Golden Age of Islamic mosaics arts fail to Umayyad, especially in the era of the Caliph Abdul Malik and his two sons Notes impacted in the Dome of the Rock built by Abdul Malik Also due to Walid bin Abdul Malik credit for decorating Whole great Caliph In Damascus, that cover by mosaic Tessellation, to be any in art and beauty  
The artist in this culture translate creative tools for us , philosophy multiple colors of the high aesthetic, which stands mosaic art in the summit hierarchy the throne picture functional integrated, cross-cutting figure does not exceed cubic centimeters in size marble or tile or glass or crystal or coincidence , a stone spokesman tells stories of the past old, Stories formulated manufacturers skilled hands on the wall and domes, floors and other Fruit past and how creativity beyond its borders and speak, mosques and palaces and bars.
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   Modern mosaics :   

History of Modern mosaics art, however with the passage of time mosaic art has encountered many changes and has greatly been refined, though the handcraft mosaic art technique is still the same. Handmade mosaic designs carved out of natural marble and semi-precious stones.

In our gallery we have also revived and reproduced the traditional elite mosaics art of Greek mosaics, Roman mosaics, Islamic mosaics and Christian mosaics, especially mosaics portraits that found in Madaba - Jordan.
The modern mosaics work has successfully replaced the other art forms that exist today, at present mosaics the most value of place or structure.

Modern mosaic art see our handcraft mosaic store art gallery

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    Mosaics usage :    

Mosaic was used across the ancient world for domestic interior decorations to decorate indoors as well as outdoors, within a house or workplace mosaics can be installed in hallways, dining areas, floor center of living rooms, above the fire place, in an archway. Whereas in case of outdoors mosaics can beautify tabletops, pools, garden areas, entrance of buildings and houses.

The quality of our mosaics are not only because their mesmerizing appearance and design themes murals but also due to the advantages they have over other means to decorate houses and places, for instance in comparison to paintings and photographs, mosaics are more appealing and authentic. Our mosaics are heat and water resistant and so can be installed at places like bathtubs, pools, outer surface and floors of a building. Also these mosaics are easy to clean without wear and tear. Moreover We offer the opportunity to customize the mosaics according to customer needs.
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