Roman mosaics
Ancient tiled pictures
Roman mosaics are decorative artworks made from small pieces of colored stone, glass, or tile arranged to form patterns or images.
The Romans used them extensively to adorn floors, walls, and ceilings of villas, baths, and public buildings.
Surviving examples across former Roman territories depict everything from geometric designs to mythological scenes: The Roman mosaics at Pompeii remain remarkably vivid.
- tesseraeMosaic's constituent pieces
- dining roomsRooms for meals
- PompeiiVolcano-buried Roman city
- dolphinsSmart aquatic mammals
- sea creaturesAnimals inhabiting oceans
Herculaneum · opus · excavation sites · tile · Antioch · hunting scenes · floral motifs · public baths · colored glass · grout · ancient craftsmanship · geometric patterns · decorative borders · fragments · piecing together · glass · floor · villa
Roman mosaicspainted murals
Large artwork on walls
oil painting · encaustic painting · watercolor · fresco · fresco painting
Roman mosaicssand mandalas
Sacred impermanent powder artwork
ice sculptures · sand paintings · performance art · body painting · snow sculptures