Byzantine Mosaic Tile

Byzantine mosaics are mosaics produced from the 4th to 15th centuries in and under the influence of the byzantine empire.

Byzantine mosaic tile.

Mosaic tile mosaic tile is an excellent choice for an eye catching kitchen backsplash a functional yet elegant shower floor and so much more. According to 1st century architect vitruvius the ideal. That tradition was adopted by the norman kingdom of sicily in the 12th century by the eastern influenced republic of venice and among the rus in ukraine. During the byzantine period craftsmen started to widen the materials that could be turned into tesserae including gold and precious stones.

Our wide variety of mosaic tiles extends beyond our beautiful glass mosaic tiling. With figures depicted against a glimmering gold background mosaics suggest an ethereal heavenly realm. Early byzantine mosaics mosaics made in ravenna for the ostrogoth king theodoric 493 526 ce are the first full manifestations of byzantine art in the west. Some of the finest byzantine work of this period may be found outside the empire.

Mosaic art flourished in the byzantine empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries. As the glass cools the metal in the matrix changes color and creates a pattern and sheen unique to each tile. Mosaics were some of the most popular and historically significant art forms produced in the empire and they are still studied extensively by art historians. Sculpture in the round the preferred medium for images of pagan deities disappeared in byzantium and was replaced by its aesthetic opposite.

In the mosaics of gelati kiev torcello venice monreale cefalù and palermo. The materials we fill our spaces with have the ability to affect our every day and evoke a sense of inspiration modernity or nostalgia. Byzantine design is about so much more than a simple tile. Apart from painted icons there were other varieties notably the mosaic and ceramic ones.