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  • 1mosaic — mosaically, adv. /moh zay ik/, n., adj., v., mosaicked, mosaicking. n. 1. a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc. 2. the process of producing such a picture or decoration. 3. something resembling …

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  • 2Mosaic — /moh zay ik/, adj. of or pertaining to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him: Mosaic ethics. Also, Mosaical. [1655 65; < NL Mosaicus, equiv. to LL Mos(es) MOSES + aicus, on the model of Hebraicus Hebraic] * * * Surface&#8230; …

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  • 3Mosaic — This article is about a decorative art. For other uses, see Mosaic (disambiguation). Irano Roman floor mosaic detail from the palace of Shapur I at Bishapur …

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  • 4mosaic — mo|sa|ic [məuˈzeı ık US mou ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: mosaique, from Late Latin musivus of a muse, artistic , from Latin Musa; MUSE2] 1.) [U and C] a pattern or picture made by fitting together small pieces of coloured stone,&#8230; …

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  • 5Hülya Vurnal İkizgül — (born in Istanbul, in 1966), is a Turkish mosaicist, sculptor and ceramic artist.Graduate of Faculty of Art schools of Marmara University in Istanbul, in 1990. She made her master in the same faculty. She worked in the Workshop of Mural under the …

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  • 6Ascension of Jesus — The Ascension redirects here. For other uses, see Ascension. Ascension of Jesus Ascension of Christ by Garofalo 1520 Observed by Christians Type …

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  • 7Pietro Santi Bartoli — (also Sante , Santo ) (1615, Perugia November 7, 1700, Rome) was an Italian engraver, draughtsman and painter. He moved to Rome in 1635 as a youth, there he studied painting under Jean Lemaire and Poussin, but abandoned it to devote himself&#8230; …

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  • 8Poor Man's Bible — The term Poor Man s Bible has come into use in modern times to describe works of art within churches and cathedrals which either individually or collectively have been created to illustrate the teachings of the Bible for a largely illiterate&#8230; …

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  • 9painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 10Victoria and Albert Museum — Coordinates: 51°29′48″N 0°10′19″W / 51.496667°N 0.171944°W / 51.496667; 0.171944 …

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