How does mosaic relate to some other art forms and crafts?
Painting – At first sight, not a great deal in common perhaps. Mosaic was often chosen as an alternative to painted frescos in Byzantine buildings. Much later, the style of painting known as Pointillism, most associated with Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859-1891), used dots of paint, rather than brushstrokes (see picture, source: Wikipedia). Pointillists used a limited range of colors, but had discovered that, side-by-side with other dots, these colors would be blended by the viewer’s eye into other colors, giving a special vibrancy to the work. The painter Marc Chagal (1887–1985) designed extensively for mosaic murals. Ultimately, individual placement of pieces within a mosaic can be as delicate as the brush strokes of a master painter. How are Mosaics being used today? Nowadays, Mosaics are being used intensively both in indoors and outdoors areas. Indoors Mosaic Installation includes the kitchen backs splash, entry ways, floors, mural, dining areas, fireplace surroundings, archways, colu
