mosaic

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The number of pieces of stone used in making this mosaic is almost incalculable Although it was originally made as part of a floor, it is now very carefully guarded, and no one is allowed to walk upon it.

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  1. noun A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.
  2. noun The process or art of making such pictures or designs.
  3. noun A composite picture made of overlapping, usually aerial, photographs.
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  • Dolce, apparently better instructed, gives, in his Dialogo della Pittura , Zuccato, best known as a mosaic worker, as his first master; next makes him pass into the studio of Gentile Bellini, and thence into that of the caposcuola Giovanni Bellini; to take, however, the last and by far the most important step of his early career when he becomes the pupil and partner, or assistant, of Giorgione. —  The Earlier Work of Titian
  • In the Imperial Gallery of the Hermitage at St. Petersburg is a beautiful Madonna and Child in a niche of coloured marble mosaic, which is catalogued as an early Titian under the influence of Giovanni Bellini. —  The Earlier Work of Titian
  • With more than 140 political party and associations, hundreds of newspapers, publications, dozens of radio and TV stations - a mosaic is in existence. —  Counterterrorism Blog
  • While the mosaic is a helpful first pass, I found myself wishing for some mouseover functionality to deliver additional information on the content. —  ReadWriteWeb
  • A photographic mosaic is a mosaic where every tile is a photograph and not just a simple colored piece. —  20 Newest Free Software Downloads - Freeware Files.com
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  1. Middle English musycke, from Old French mosaique, from Old Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin mūsāicum, neuter of mūsāicus, of the Muses, from Latin Mūsa, Muse, from Greek Mousa; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also mosaick, musaick; = French mosaïque = Spanish mosáico = Portuguese mosaico = Italian mosaico, musaico, from Middle Latin mosaicus, properly *musaicus, from Middle Greek *μουσαϊκός, equivalent to Greek μουσεῑος (later L. museus and musivus), mosaic, literally of the Muses, i. e. artistic, neuter μουσαϊκόν, also μουσεῑον (later L. musæum, also musivum, sc. opus, mosaic work), from μοῡσα, a Muse: see Muse. Cf. museum.
 

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