This wealthy Roman city was uncovered and has been preserved in Vienne, France. The mosaics have been displayed in this museum. It is a wonderful testament to how mosaics were made in the past.
Gaudi created this wondrous home in Barcelona Spain, with ornamental balconies that look like skulls or masks and columns that look like bones. The home is filled with symbolism, color, light and shapes and stained glass and mosaics you won't believe!
Inside the Basilica in Lyon, France, mosaics and stained glass are everywhere. Spending time in the sanctuary to admire the sumptuous mosaics and paintings is very well worth it. Here's what we found.
This is a video of mosaic art I found during a trip to Paris. Sometimes art pops up where you don't expect it, so always have your camera at the ready! There are also a few extras in the video too. Enjoy!
This theatre in Verona was built around the end of the 1st century B.C. and rests below the museum which contains important artifacts and finds from Verona's Roman past. I hope you'll enjoy of this brief movie of some of the mosaics we encountered during our visit.
One of the most intriguing and inspiring places on planet Earth is La Sagrada Familia. It began as the crowning achievement of Antoni Gaudi, but in the 120 or so years since its construction began, the hearts, minds and hands of many other people have contributed to this feat of design, architecture, engineering, sculpture, and of course mosaic art.
These panels are located in floors in Vienne and Lyon France. The floors are in museums. Most of the panels are about 15 inches square and in floors that are up to about 40 feet on the long dimension
On the northern tip of Luang Prabang, a Buddhist temple called Wat Xieng Thong (Temple of the Golden City) has existed since around 1560. It is a Lao monastery and is considered to represent typical Laos art and craft.
For the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi, this mosaic wall, at over 12,631 feet long, holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest ceramic mosaic. See it to believe it!
