Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropiltan Museum of Art, originally uploaded by highwindow.

This mosaic fountain in the Met is made entirely of Tiffany glass.

Greece

A mosiac from the Argos town museum, originally uploaded by rubinsteins_in_spain.

A mosiac from the Argos town museum

Mosiac - Rome

Mosiac, originally uploaded by Articulate!.

A fine example of floor mosiac in the Coliseum.

Eagle Mosaic

Eagle Mosaic, originally uploaded by ken mohnkern.

Mosaic Museum in Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey.

Notice the fine fan details in the background... beautiful work

Muran

Muran, originally uploaded by lufd.life.

Murano, Italy

Queen Califia's Magical Circle

Picture 038, originally uploaded by helemax.

Niki De Saint Phalle
Installation in Escondido, California

Mosaic from Pompeii

Mosaics from Pompeii, originally uploaded by bootsintheoven.

intricate mosaic "recovered" from Pompeii.

Nek Chand - bird detail

1456.jpg, originally uploaded by Hapto.

Nek Chand Rock Garden - in progress

1459.jpg, originally uploaded by Hapto.

"we used mortar and cement and a bit of sifted sand. I buttered a wet tile, and tapped to stick to a wet wall. The tiles were all donated from renovations/etc. Everything in the 25 acre garden was recycled/repurposed. I as only there for 1.5 weeks, everyone else was to be there for 3 weeks-month... if you want to go, check with http://www.nekchand.com/ -there is a volunteer link... " (info from photographer) I only wish I had been there...

bird detail

Domestic mosaic, Italica, Andalucia, Spain originally uploaded by PhillipC.

gorgeous colors...

Italica nova urbs, built in 119 A.D by Hadrian, whose birthplace this was. The project honoured Trajan, Hadrian's adoptive father, whose home town was also here. The vetus urbs - now mostly underneath the modern town of Santiponce - was built in 206 B.C.

Leda and the Swan Mosaic at Kouklia, Cyprus

Leda and the Swan Mosaic at Kouklia, Cyprus, originally uploaded by Ken and Nyetta.

"Kouklia was the home to a cult of Aphrodite from at least 3,800 BC and was mentioned in many ancient texts, including Homer's Iliad. The temple complex is now largely in ruins but the many art treasures found there are now in museums in New York, Paris, London and Nicosia.

This is actually a copy of a 3rd century AD mosaic of Leda and the Swan at Kouklia. The original is in the museum but this copy was placed in the exact spot where the original was found."