Mozaiki

Mozaiki (au mosaiki) ni mtindo wa pekee wa uchoraji picha unaotumia vipande vidogo vya kioo cha rangi au vijiwe au vigae vya rangi mbalimbali vinavyounganishwa kuwa picha. Kunawezekana pia kutumia vipande vya vitu vyovyote vyenye rangi vinavyoweza kuunganishwa kuwa picha.

Chanzo cha mtindo wa mozaiki 
Mtindo huu ulionekana mara ya kwanza huko Phrygia (katika Uturuki ya leo) iliyokuwa sehemu ya ustaarabu wa Ugiriki ya Kale. Mawe ya rangi nyeupe na nyeusi yalipangwa ukutani au kwenye sakafu kuwa tarakibu. 

Baadaye Wagiriki na zaidi Waroma waliendelea kuongeza rangi na kutunga picha kamili si tarakibu tu kwenye kuta za nyumba. Maghofu ya Kiroma yanaonyesha mifano mingi iliyodumu hadi leo.

Mozaiki za Bizanti na za Waarabu 
Sanaa ya mozaiki iliendelezwa katika ustaarabu wa Bizanti. Wabizanti walipamba makanisa, majumba ya kifalme na pia nyumba za matajiri kwa mozaiki nzuri kabisa. 

Waarabu Waislamu walipotwaa shemu kubwa za milki ya Bizanti waliendelea kuwaajiri wasanii Wabizanti wakipamba misikiti kama msikiti wa Umawiya huko Dameski au majumba ya masultani.

Baadaye walikuwa mafundi Waislamu waliopamba makanisa na nyumba katika Italia ya kusini.

Mozaiki leo 
Mtindo wa mozaiki umeaendelea kutumiwa hadi leo. Kwa kawaida mozaiki inaendelea kuwa picha inayounganishwa kwa njia ya kudumu na ukuta au safau ya jengo fulani. Inawezekana pia kuifunga katika fremu na kubadilisha mahali pake lakini picha za mozaiki huwa nzito.

Mifano ya mozaiki

Tanbihi 
 (for the section of Byzantium and Sicily)
 Efthalia Rentetzi, stylistic relationships between the mosaic flooring of s. Maria delle Grazie and s. Eufemia in Grado.An unknown picture of a fish, in , Art on web, punti di vista sull'arte.
 Efthalia Rentetzi, Un frammento inedito di S. Eufemia a Grado. Il pavimento musivo del Salutatorium", in:  ,  Arte Cristiana, n. 850 (Gennaio - Febbraio 2009), V.XCVII, pp. 51–52.
 Efthalia Rentetzi, Le influenze mediobizantine nei mosaici dell’arcone della Passione della Basilica marciana, in “Arte|Documento”, vol. XIV, (2000), pp. 50–53.

Vitabu vingine 
 The Art of Mosaic - The Encyclopaedia of Projects, Techniques and Designs Sarah Kelly Search Press
 Mosaic Techniques and Traditions Sonia King  Sterling Publishing Co
 The Art of Mosaic Design JoAnn Locktov & Leslie Plummer Clagett  Quarry Books
 The Art of Mosaic Caroline Suter & Celia Gregory Anness Publishing Limited
 The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook Maggy Howarth Frances Lincoln
 Ravenna- Art & History Giuseppe Bovini Longo Publisher
 Mosaics in Roman Britain: Stories in Stone - Patricia Witts Tempus
 Mosaics – Inspiration & 24 Original Projects Kaffe Fassett & Candace Bahouth Ebury Press
 Decorative Mosaics Elaine M. Goodwin Letts Contemporary Crafts
 The Mosaic Book Peggy Vance & Celia Goodrick-Clarke Conran Octopus
 Making Mosaics- Design, Techniques & Projects LeslieDierks  Sterling/Lark
 Antonio Gaudi-Master Architect Juan Bassegoda Nonell  Abbeville Press
 Stylish & simple Mosaic Emma Biggs & Tessa Hunkin Aurim
 The Los Angeles Watts Towers Goldstone & Goldstone Thames & Hudson

Viungo vya Nje 

History of mosaics & custom mosaics gallery
Society of American Mosaic Artists    
British Association for Modern Mosaic
Mosaic art glossary - terms, definitions & images 
Mosaics resource 
Mosaic design tutorial
Photos of mosaics in Hagia Sophia, Constantinople 
Stylistic relationships between the mosaic flooring of s. Maria delle Grazie and s. Eufemia in Grado., Efthalia Rentetzi, (an unknown picture of a fish).
Digital mosaics made of website favicons. 

Sanaa
Uchoraji
Bizanti