Mozaiki

[thumb|300px|Mtindo wa Mozaiki ya Kiarabu katika [kanisa kuu la Monreale, Sisilia, Italia, karne ya 12).]]
thumb|300px|Mozaiki ya mawe mweupe na meusi kwenye sakafu ya nyumba ya Ugiriki ya Kale
[thumb|Nakshi ya mawe katika [sakafu ya ikulu ya Shapur I huko Bishapur.]]
[thumb|Nakshi huko [Uruk, Mesopotamia Milenia ya 3 KK.]]
[thumb|Nakshi ya [Kaisari Fransisko Yosefu wa Austria.]]
[thumb|Nakshi ya [Ugiriki wa Kale huko Pella, karne ya 4 KK, Pella Archaeological Museum.]]
[thumb|left|Nakshi ya [Roma ya kale|Kiroma huko Kartago. Iko katika Bardo Museum, Tunisia.]]
thumb|left|Nakshi ya Kiroma aina ya *Cave canem* ('Jihadhari na mbwa').
[thumb|Sehemu ya *The Great Pavement*, nakshi ya Kiroma ya mwaka 325 huko [Woodchester, Gloucestershire, Uingereza.]]
[thumb|right|[Kapteni wa Kigoti, kutoka ikulu ya Konstantinopoli, Uturuki.]]
[thumb|[Mtume Petro katika Chora Church.]]
[thumb|left|upright|[Mtakatifu Demetrio katika Basilika lake huko Thessalonike.]]
[thumb|[Kristo Pantocrator katika Hagia Sophia, Konstantinopoli.]]
[thumb|left|[Theodoro Metochites akitoa Chora Church kwa Kristo.]]
[thumb|Nakshi katika [Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma, Italia.]]
[thumb|right|[Batizio ya Firenze.]]
[thumb|left|Nakshi katika [Basilika la Mt. Petro, Vatikano.]]
[thumb|300 px|[Yerusalemu katika nakshi maarufu kama Madaba Map.]]
[thumb|250px|[Kugeuka sura kwa Yesu katika monasteri ya Mt. Katerina, Mlima Sinai, Misri.]]
[thumb|left|200px|Sehemu ya nakshi ya sakafuni katika [kanisa la Masada.]]
[thumb|200px|Sehemu ya nakshi ya sakafuni katika [kanisa la Petra.]]
[thumb|upright|Nakshi ya [karne ya 12 huko Kiev, Ukraina, inayomuonyesha Mt. Demetrio.]]
[thumb|right|250 px|Sehemu ya nakshi ya sakafuni katika [sinagogi la Sepphoris]]
[thumb|right|Nakshi ya [dhahabu katika kuba ya Mskiti mkuu wa Cordoba, Hispania (965-970).]]
[right|thumb|Mbinu mojawapo ya kutengeneza nakshi [Li Jiang, Yunnan, China.]]
[right|thumb|Wasanii wa nakshi wakipamba kanisa la [Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Hispania.]]

**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. 
[thumb|250px|Kichwa cha [mungu Amfitriti kutoka nyumba ya Herkulaneo ya karne ya 1 KK.]]
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 

Image:Battle of Issus mosaic - Museo Archeologico Nazionale - Naples.jpg|Alexander Mkuu kwenye mapigano ya Issos, kigiriki, karne ya 1 KK
Image:Magi (1).jpg|Mozaiki ya kibizanti ya karne ya 6: Mamajuzi wakimtembelea mtoto Yesu; Kanisa la Sant'Apollinare Nuovo mjini Ravenna
Image:Christ Hagia Sofia.jpg|Mozaiki ya Kristo katika kanisa la Hagia Sophia mjini Istanbul
Image:AachenerDomDecke.jpg|Mozaiki kwenye kanisa la Aachen 
Image:Braunschweig Brunswick Mosaik (2006).JPG|Karne ya 19, Ujerumani (Braunschweig)
Image:Mosaik nancy.jpg|Mozaiki ya Art Deco kwenye ukuta wa nje wa nyumba ya Nancy, Ufaransa
Image:Mosaic stones0001.jpg|Fundi mozaiki kazini

## 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 http://www.artonweb.it/arteartonweb/articolo41.html, Art on web, punti di vista sull'arte.
* Efthalia Rentetzi, *Un frammento inedito di S. Eufemia a Grado. Il pavimento musivo del Salutatorium*", in: http://www.scuolabeatoangelico.it/pubblicazioni.html ,  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.&nbsp;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.* 

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