Roman_Mosaics__Comparing_The_Camel_Mosaic_And_The_Alexander

Roman Mosaics: Comparing The Camel Mosaic And The Alexander Mosaic Though often over-looked, mosaics are among the most beautiful art forms in history. They are also very durable. Ceilings could cave in, walls could fall and crumble back into earth, but the mosaics remain. This is partly true because fallen debris would cover them and protect them, but also, these were art forms made from pieces of stone and pebbles. Therefore, there are many surviving mosaics today. Mosaics were especially popular for not only were they beautiful, but they also served a functional purpose as a floor and could be made for fairly cheap depending on the size and how intricate it was. Most mosaics started out as geometric forms but with time, techniques were developed to make them much more detailed. In effect, the richer a person was: the larger and more intricate their mosaic, the poorer he was: the less expensive and detailed it was, mainly geometric decorative pieces or abstract figures. The first type of the mosaics was the pebble mosaic which made use of small, round, white or colored, sea or river pebbles, approximately 1 cm in diameter. These were common before the 3rd century B.C. and were frequently used for large mosaic, camel, mosaics, roman, made, alexander, detailed, colors, style, detail, one, difference, art, time, pieces, depth, very, two, opus, north, graduation, forms, empire, been, because, africa, ad, vermiculatum, space, similar, same, probably, popular, picture, much