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M osaics. Saeed, Khalifa, Sultan and AbdulRahman. What is a mosaic?. Mosaic is the art of creating images and drawings by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. Where is it used?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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MosaicsSaeed, Khalifa, Sultan and AbdulRahman

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What is a mosaic?Mosaic is the art of creating images and

drawings by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material.

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Where is it used?Mosaics could be used in many different places. It

could be used for interior or exterior decorating, could be used in portraits, buildings, religious designs, and more. Artists sometimes take loose pieces of mosaic to shape and play around with them.

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History of mosaicsEven though there are many types of mosaics,

they are descended from a Turkish culture. The earliest known examples of mosaics were made with different materials and were found in a temple in ancient Mesopotamia.

One of the first mosaics

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Types of mosaic

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Arabian mosaics

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Persian mosaics

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Roman mosaics

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European mosaics

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Islamic mosaics

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Christian mosaics

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Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ringofchrist.com/images/eustolios-

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