History of Mosaic Art

North Davis Preparatory Academy

artist-in-residence - Roger Whiting - Fall 2011

Xanthos, Turkey - approx. 500 BC http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosaic_of_Xanthos.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthos

Greek mosaic - Rhodes, Greece - 200 BC http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medusa_mosa%C3%AFc_Rhodes.jpg

Pompeii, Italy - 100 BC http://0.tqn.com/d/ancienthistory/1/0/8/U/2/BattleofIssus333BC-mosaic-detail1.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mosaic

Curia Julia - 44BC - 412 AD - Rome, Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curia_Julia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forum_Romanum_Curia_Iulia_BW_3.JPG

Herculaneum - Italy - 79AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herculaneum_Neptune_And_Amphitrite.jpg

Villa de Saucedo - Talavera de la Reina - 5th Century AD home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSaucedo&lp=es_en&btnTrUrl=Translate http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:DSC00452.JPG

Mount Nebo, Jordan - 394-597 AD http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MountNeboMap.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nebo_%28Jordan%29

Sant'Apollinare, Ravenna, 6th century http://www.google.com/imgres?q=greek+mosaic+%22public+domain%22&um=1&hl=en&biw=1200&bih=849&tbm=isch&tbnid=OxcRtT4Z0A7FtM:&imgrefurl=http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/archaeolog/2010/12/santa_claus_and_giordano_bruno.h

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Emperor Justinian - Ravenna - 6th Century AD http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoTEGVmVON2IAfJ6JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dmosaic%2B %2522public%2Bdomain%2522%26fr%3Dyfp-t 423%26b%3D61%26tab%3Dorganic&w=407&h=300&imgurl=www.essentialhumanities.net%2Fimages%2Fpaint3_35.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.essentialhumanities.net%2Fpaint3.php&size=62+KB&name=Justinian+mosaic+in+San+Vitale.&p=mosaic+%22pu blic+domain%22&oid=9efdb2dfbc893127f42a77579de63c97&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-423&tt=Justinian+mosaic+in+San+Vitale.&b=61&ni=30&no=74&tab=organic&sigr=11d55cde0&sigb=13oijunmi&sigi=11ggpr0vc&.crumb=ZztDAIkPoPi

Basilica San Clemente 12th century AD Rome http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apsis_mosaic_San_Clemente_n3.jpg

Jameh Mosque, Iran 13th century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameh_mosque_of_Yazd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jame_mosque_yazd_tilework.jpg - photo by elishka - 2007 Creative Commons 2.5 license

Deesis (Christ) - Hagia Sophia - approx 1185 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deesis_Hagia_Sophia.jpg - Creative Commons 3.0 - Photo by

Georges Jansoone JoJan 2007

Iraq National Museum http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Museum_Iraq.jpg

St. Peter’s Basilica - Vatican - 1768 http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Altars/Falsehood/Falsehood.htm

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.peters.basilica.tesserae.arp.jpg

St. Peter’s Basilica - Vatican http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Altars/Falsehood/Falsehood.htm

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St.peters.basilica.tesserae.arp.jpg

Elihu Vedder - Library of Congress - 1897 http://public-domain-images.blogspot.com/2010/07/mosaic-of-minerva-by-elihu-vedder.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg

Elihu Vedder - Library of Congress - 1897 http://public-domain-images.blogspot.com/2010/07/mosaic-of-minerva-by-elihu-vedder.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minerva-Vedder-Highsmith.jpeg

Antoni Gaudí - Casa Batiló Barcelona, Spain - 1877 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3 Photo by Tato Grasso http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CasaBatllo_0056.JPG

- Creative Commons 2.5 License - 2007

Antoni Gaudí - Casa Batiló Barcelona, Spain - 1877 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3 Photo by Tato Grasso http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CasaBatllo_0077.JPG

- Creative Commons 2.5 License - 2007

Antoni Gaudí - Casa Batiló Barcelona, Spain - 1877 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3 Photo by Tato Grasso http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CasaBatllo_0096.JPG

- Creative Commons 2.5 License - 2007

Antoni Gaudí - Casa Batiló Barcelona, Spain 1887 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casa_Batl%C3%B3.jpg - Cyntia Motta - Creative Commons 3.0 license

Antoni Gaudí - Güell Park Barcelona, Spain Arnaud Gaillard (arnaud () amarys.com) 1900-1914 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File :Guell_ag1.jpg - Creative Commons 1.0 License 2004

Antoni Gaudí - Güell Park Barcelona, Spain

Antoni Gaudí - Güell Park Barcelona, Spain

Antoni Gaudí - Güell Park Barcelona, Spain 1900-1914 JoJan) - Creative Commons 3.0 License

Antoni Gaudí - Güell Park Barcelona, Spain Miguel Carminati www.80iso.com

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Roger Whiting - Boys Group Home of Salt Lake County

Roger Whiting - Boys Group Home of Salt Lake County - Detail

Roger Whiting - Crisis Residential Home of Salt Lake County - Tree of Dreams

Roger Whiting - Riley Elementary School - Salt Lake City, UT

Roger Whiting Finished mosaic at One World Café - Salt Lake City, UT