When where mosaics originated?

Answer 1

The history of mosaic goes back over 4,000 years , with the use of terracotta cones pushed point-first into a background to give decoration. By the eighth century BC, there were pebble pavements, using different coloured stones to create patterns, although these tended to be unstructured decoration. It was the Greeks, in the four centuries BC, who raised the pebble technique to an art form, with precise geometric patterns and detailed scenes of people and animals.

By 200 BC, specially manufactured pieces called tesserae were being used to give extra detail and range of colour to the work. Using small tesserae, sometimes only a few millimetres in size, meant that mosaics could imitate paintings. Many of the mosaics preserved at, for example, Pompeii were the work of Greek artists.

Answer 2

There is no research giving the name of a single artist who invented mosaic art. The Greeks are believed to have done the first mosaic art but there is much evidence that the Romans perfected the art form and used mosaic art to a much greater degree.

Answer 3

Mosaics have been present for at least a thousand years or more. There were some in Pompeii and the Romans created many in England in the days of the Roman Empire. The Greeks were producing mosaics around 4 B.C.

Answer 4

The oldest mosaics were created by the Greeks. They date as far back as 1,500 BC. They were quite intricate and detailed.

Answer 5

Greeks first created mosaics, but Roman culture took the design and made it there own.

Answer 6

First off, mosaics are not painted. that is the point of them.