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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/20c5ff82-3829-4f75-971d-3441c3a783cb/1F087DCD-98D9-4730-A710-6BC8410D0F48/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml" href="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thejoyofshards.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">mosaic goes back some 4,000 years or more</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">the Greeks</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">raised the pebble technique to an art form</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/90DF5879-CEEF-40A5-809D-E81397394038" alt="roman wall mosaic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">Roman Empire took mosaics further afield, although the level of skill and artistry was diluted</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">The inter-twined rope border effect here is called "guilloche</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/F5D61636-77C0-425F-9A3B-9D218C4AC773" alt="roman geometric mosaic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">Click for a <A href="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/roman.shtml">list of Roman mosaics</A> you can see on this site</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">Byzantine mosaics</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">Eastern influences in style and the use of special glass tesserae called smalti</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/16951335-586B-42E6-84D9-26EE3C8CCCFC" alt="byzantine mosaic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">They are sometimes backed with reflective silver or gold leaf</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/097F1638-4E09-4E9A-BFAF-40992B07B1C8" alt="byzantine mosaic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">Islamic mosaic art</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/3CAE40E8-0225-4435-84A6-339F6EEDBF4A" alt="zillij" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/index.shtml">motifs are mainly geometric and mathematical</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml" href="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thejoyofshards.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">Medieval to modern</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">tiling patterns in abbeys and other major religious buildings</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/BB6A7E95-13B7-4F9E-8C20-C85FA467403F" alt="medieval mosaic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">19th century</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">a revival of interest</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">in the Byzantine style</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/506D47BC-70B7-4EFF-BA70-E25C92346144" alt="Victorian mosaic" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">Art Nouveau movement also embraced mosaic art</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">the stunning ceramic mosaics of the Guell Park</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/5F0F11A3-5D7E-4CCE-BFCB-3422930F42A8" alt="barcelona mosaic bench" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">a technique known as trencadis in which tiles</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">covered surfaces of buildings</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/modern.shtml">Mosaic is in a healthy state in the early 21st century</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml" href="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thejoyofshards.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml">La Maison Picassiette is the extraordinary result of one man's work between 1938 and 1964</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/1C5380E7-8F63-470C-A897-9B5B0B36210E" alt="la maison picassiette" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/5E26EA1E-91B8-4611-9675-41F5F3D69336" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/F9E2E630-0656-48C8-909F-26FCEE5717B6" alt="picassiette cooker" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/8AA81E4E-F85B-4122-AD1B-E69F8123B97C" alt="picassiette nativity" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/35CC6098-3C9D-4BF5-91E1-524DDB80A03F" alt="picassiette chapel" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/C690BA72-E0AB-4378-8ACA-58C7738E26D4" alt="picassiette courtyard" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/B4D5BE65-6E0D-46D6-86D7-B86C97A4071B" alt="picassiette garden" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/EC37CC25-F453-4540-965E-A905D9C59BFD" alt="picassiette rose" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/C4E4EEA2-D33E-4CDB-82AD-1E111C368306" alt="picassiette animals" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/picassiette/index.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/img/D6B07D7C-CC21-47B6-A8BF-A58AD48897F0" alt="picassiette paintings" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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