Lo lus "mosaic" los ntawm Latin musirum (ua haujlwm tau mob siab rau cov leeg). Qhov no yog hom monumental kos duab hauv cov duab thiab ornaments tau sau los ntawm ntau cov pob zeb uas muaj ntau xim, iav (smalt), ceramics, thiab lwm yam. thiab tsau rau ntawm lub hauv paus no hoc.
Nws ntseeg tias cov mosaic tshwm sim hauv Mesopotamia. Lub sijhawm ntawd, nws tau muab cov hlwv ci ua ke. Lawv tau pleev xim liab, xim dub thiab dawb. Txawm li cas los xij, muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg hais txog lub sijhawm nws tshwm sim.
Cov ntaub ntawv ntau dua txhim khu kev qha tau raug tshwj tseg txog qub txeeg qub teg. Hauv tebchaws Tim Nkij Teb Chaws Yav Qab Teb, cov plag tsev ntawm cov tsev nplua nuj tau them nrog mosaics ntawm cov pob zeb tsis tau kho. Contour cov duab ntawm cov tib neeg, tsiaj thiab cov tsiaj mythical, thav duab los ntawm cov duab geometric lossis floral, tau nteg tawm dawb hauv cov xim dub. Lub heyday ntawm Greek Greek mosaics poob rau lub Hellenistic era. Lub sijhawm no, cov txheej txheem ntawm pinning pebbles sawv, thiab tseem iav iav tau pib siv, vim tias cov duab tau dhau los ua qhov tseeb ntau dua, thiab cov xim gamut yuav luag tsis muaj kev txwv.
Hauv lub nroog Loos thaum ub, cov phab ntsa thiab cov plag tsev ntawm phab ntsa, cov vaj tsev ntawm lub teb chaws thiab da dej tau dai kom zoo nkauj nrog mosaics. Smalt (me me ntawm melted dawb lias iav) thawj zaug tau siv nyob ntawm no, tab sis ntau mosaics tseem tau ua los ntawm cov pob zeb thiab cov pob zeb me. Ntawm qhov kev xav tau zoo yog cov mosaics ntawm Hadrian's villa hauv Tivoli. Ib daim duab zoo nkauj heev mos mos piav txog 4 nquab zaum nyob ntawm ntug qhov rooj. Nws cov ntug tau dai kom zoo nkauj nrog ib lub paj.
Mosaic cov txuj ci tau mus txog qhov kawg ntawm nws txoj kev txhim kho hauv Byzantine faj tim teb chaws. Byzantine mosaic zoo li ua kom zoo nkauj thiab ua kom zoo zoo, ua kom pom lub qhov muag nrog qhov tob ntawm cov khaubncaws sab nraud povtseg thiab kev ua tiav ntawm cov ntawv. Hauv cov mosaics thaum ntxov, cov nuj nqis ntawm Khetos, Peb tus poj niam thiab cov neeg ntseeg tau raug muab tso tawm tsam lub ntuj xiav. Tom qab ntawd, kub tau dhau los ua cov xim tseem ceeb hauv qab, cim lub suab radiance emanating los ntawm cov ntseeg. Cov pob zeb smalt thiab semiprecious tsis tau polished. Vim yog qhov heterogeneous saum npoo ntawm mosaic phab ntsa, lub teeb tau xav hauv lawv los ntawm ntau cov ces kaum sib txawv, tsim cov txiaj ntsig tsis pom kev zoo shimmering.
Ntawm thaj chaw ntawm Kievan Rus, kos duab ntawm mosaic tsuas yog pom nyob hauv 10 xyoo pua, tom qab kev saws me nyuam los ntseeg Vajtswv. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum xub thawj nws tsis tau txais ntau txoj kev loj hlob vim yog tsis muaj cov khoom. Hauv lub xyoo pua 11th, smalt ntau lawm tau tsim hauv Kiev, uas ua rau muaj kev tawg luv luv ntawm mosaic daim duab. Qhov feem ntau loj-teev thiab zoo tshaj plaws kev tsim ntawm Kiev masters yog mosaics ntawm Cathedral ntawm St. Sophia. Tom qab lub cev qhuav dej ntawm lub hauv paus hauv nruab nrab, lub mosaic tau muab txoj hauv kev fresco, raws li nws tig mus ua qhov tsis tshua muaj nqi rau cov kws kho vajtse cov huab tais.
