mosaic (noun)

art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

mosaic (noun)

viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves

Mosaic (noun)

a freeware browser

mosaic (noun)

a pattern resembling a mosaic

mosaic (noun)

transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube

mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic (adj)

arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture

Mosaic (adj)

of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him

"Mosaic Law"

mosaic (Noun)

A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.

mosaic (Noun)

An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.

mosaic (Noun)

A viral disease of plants.

mosaic (Noun)

A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

mosaic (Adjective)

Containing cells with of varying genetic constitution.

Mosaic (Adjective)

Of or relating to Moses or to the Torah (the Five Books of Moses); especially, relating to the laws given in the Torah.

Mosaic

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral. Small pieces, mostly roughly square, of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae, are used to create a pattern or picture.

Mosaic

A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Roman world. Mosaic today includes not just murals and pavements, but also artwork, hobby crafts, and industrial and construction forms. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with wall and ceiling mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries; that tradition was adopted by the Norman Kingdom of Sicily in the 12th century, by the eastern-influenced Republic of Venice, and among the Rus. Mosaic fell out of fashion in the Renaissance, though artists like Raphael continued to practice the old technique. Roman and Byzantine influence led Jewish artists to decorate 5th and 6th century synagogues in the Middle East with floor mosaics. Figurative mosaic, but mostly without human figures, was widely used on religious buildings and palaces in early Islamic art, including Islam's first great religious building, the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Such mosaics went out of fashion in the Islamic world after the 8th century, except for geometrical patterns in techniques such as zellij, which remain popular in many areas. Modern mosaics are made by artists and craftspeople around the world. Many materials other than traditional stone, ceramic tesserae, enameled and stained glass may be employed, including shells, beads, charms, chains, gears, coins, and pieces of costume jewelry.