Mosiac - Rome

Mosiac, originally uploaded by Articulate!.

A fine example of floor mosiac in the Coliseum.

Mosaic

Mosaic 3, originally uploaded by vee8.

South Shields floor tile mosaic

Mosaic

Mosaic 2, originally uploaded by vee8.

South Shields floor tile mosaic

Orpheus Mosaic at Paphos, Cyprus

Orpheus Mosaic at Paphos, Cyprus, originally uploaded by Ken and Nyetta.

This is the mosaic that gives "The House of Orpheus" its name. Orpheus was the human who first invented music (or, depending on the version of the legend, learned music from Apollo) and his singing and playing was said to be so wonderful that the animals of the forest gathered around to listen, as shown in the mosaic. Actually, the most common Orpheus myths said that even the plants and rocks would draw near when he played.

The House of Orpheus is located just a little past the House of Theseus, near what would have been the ancient seashore of Paphos.

Mosaic floor

Mosaic floor, originally uploaded by A.M. Kuchling.

This house was off-limits to entry, but we could take pictures through the door. Notice the uneven, corrugated appearance of the atrium after the entry hall; the ground shifted at the time of the eruption. This is more apparent in the next picture. Also, note the swastika in the middle row of the patterns in the entryway; it was a good luck charm.

Mosaic octopus

Mosaic octopus, originally uploaded by A.M. Kuchling.

This mosaic is on the floor of the frigidarium of the women's baths.

Triton mosaic

Triton mosaic, originally uploaded by A.M. Kuchling.

This mosaic is on the floor of the frigidarium of the women's baths.

Pompeii Mosaic Floor

Pompeii Mosaic Floor, originally uploaded by misseill.

lisbon mosaics

lisbon mosaics, originally uploaded by turbulence.

Scattered all around Lisbon are these mosaic patterns. It makes a walk around the city very enjoyable, when even the floor offers something interesting. The work of laying the mosaics was done as a public service by inmates.

Neptune Baths

Mosaics, originally uploaded by elsuperbob.

A detail of the large floor mosaics in the Neptune Baths.

Macedonia

Mosaics, originally uploaded by mijawara.

A small Basilica was discovered in excavations made before the Second World War between 1936-1938. At first it was thought to be an ancient palace, but in the later research from 1960-1964, it became clear that it was an early Christian basilica. There is a decorated floor mosaic, exposed now to the sun and elements, within the basilica and several rooms have been unearthed. The mosaic in the narthex is of early Byzantine art, a big composition at a size of 100 square metres, with birds, trees, bushes, a red dog (a symbol of paradise), and animals beasts as a domain of the earth. This mosaic dates from the end of the 6th century.

Mosaic - Island of Aegina

Mosaic - Island of Aegina, originally uploaded by Schumata.

Mosaic floor from 5th century AD synagogue on Aegina near the Temple of Apollo (Kolona)

Mosaic - Havana Coffee Works

Mosaic - Havana Coffee Works, originally uploaded by wellurban.

more about Te Aro mosaics in this post on WellUrban.

virginia as clio

virginia as clio, originally uploaded by nicholaslaughlin.

From the floor mosaics (by Boris Anrep) at the main entrance to the National Gallery of Art in London: a portrait of Virginia Woolf as Clio, the Muse of History.

Mosaic - Vancouver, BC

Mosaic, originally uploaded by mag3737.

Sidewalk mosaic outside the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC.

flower mosaic

flower mosaic, originally uploaded by catnipmusic.

mosaic floor in the Wynn hotel, Las Vegas

Louvre

Putto chasseur, Musée du Louvre, originally uploaded by Antiquité Tardive.

Jeune garçon chasseur avec son chien dans un rinceau d'acanthe, 1ère moitié du IV° s., Turquie (près de la frontière syrienne), mosaïque de pavement, détail de la bordure, pierre et pâte de verre, Musée du Louvre, N° Inv. : Ma 4129.

Musée du Louvre, Denon, entresol, Egypte romaine, Salle A

mosaic advertising

Advertising mosaic, originally uploaded by Gauis Caecilius.

"This mosaic is in the square of corperations in Ostia, the ancient port of Rome. It was used as an advert and must make it the oldest in the world. Modern advertising execs eat you hearts out."

Mosaïque au Phénix

Mosaïque au Phénix, bouquetin, originally uploaded by Antiquité Tardive.

Semis de roses et phénix
Fin du V° s. ap. J.-C.
Daphné, faubourg d'Antioche sur l'Oronte (Turquie)
Mosaïque de pavement, bordure, détail
Marbre et calcaire
L. : 6 m, l. : 4,25 m
N° Inv. : Ma 3442.
Musée du Louvre, Denon, Rez-de-Chaussée, salle 30

Bust of Dionysos - Gaziantep Museum

Bust of Dionysos - Gaziantep Museum, originally uploaded by Aliza Rin.

The Bust of Dionysos
2nd - 3rd centuries AD.
floor mosaic of the house of Okeanos in Zeugma.