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Mosaic Models

15 February 2021

Design & Services, Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Life around the Studio, Unclassified, Works in Process

animals, bestiary, design, drawing, France, geometric, library, model, moving, pattern, patterns

You can’t build mosaics ? Draw mosaic models ! MosaicBlues moves to France After 30 years in Alabama, I decided to move back to France. there are many reasons for…

The Nika Riots

13 January 2021

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology

Belisarius, Constantinople, coup, destruction, Hagia Sophia, insurrection, Istanbul, Justinian, Nika, palace, riots, Theodora

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Those who don’t know history are doomed to see it repeated. A little thread about the deadly Nika riots illustrated with mosaics… The Nika Riots : 6th century hooliganism The…

Mosaic of the Greek Philosophers, Autun_Anacreon

The Mosaic of the Greek Philosophers in Autun

19 December 2020

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

Anacreon, Augustodunum, Autun, BUrgundy, epicurius, gastronomy, Metrodorus, museum, philosopher, roman

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The astonishing 2nd century mosaic of the Greek Philosophers was discovered in 1965 and 1990 in Autun, France. A city founded by the First Emperor Autun (Augustodunum) was founded during…

Permanence of Patterns – the Swastika symbol

6 December 2020

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

Cherchell, design, patterns, Rudston, svastika, swastika, swastiska, transmission, Ucetia, Uzes

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This is my second article about permanence of patterns illustrated in mosaic art. In this one, we will review the Swastika symbol. A very ancient symbol The earliest known use…

Opus Signinum

16 November 2020

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

floor, France, Italica, lebanon, phenician, sevilla, siginym, signinum, Spain, Trajan, Ucetia, Uzes

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Opus Signinum, a very old floor covering Opus signinum (‘cocciopesto’ in modern Italian) is a mortar made of tiles broken up into very small pieces, mixed with mortar, and then…

DOuble meander pattern, Mycenaean Vase - 13th century BC

Permanence of patterns – Meander

18 October 2020

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Unclassified

Archetype, Delphi, duck, Greece, guilloche, meander, Mycenae, strand

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Patterns time travel… For a long time I have been fascinated by the the permanence of patterns through time, and by the way it happens. I have been studying this…

Geometric Mosaic – Roman Tile 231 – Ostia Marina

28 September 2020

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

design, geometry, mosaic, Ostia, pattern, Rome

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Some Roman geometric mosaic patterns are quite common. Some are not ! You have to dig for days and weeks, and then you find something you had never met !…

Roman Tile – 230 – Italica Shuriken

6 September 2020

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, How to Mosaic, Resources, Trips & Visits

design, geometric, Italica, pattern, roman, shuriken, tile

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Italica Shuriken is the name I gave to one elementary design pattern often met in the Roman mosaics of Spanish Andalucia. The Roman ruins of Italica, with remarkable mosaics and…

The Wemberham mosaic

29 June 2020

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

modular design, Ocean, roman, somerset, vegetation, Villa, Wemberham, Yatton

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A Roman Cottage on the Ocean A Roman villa was excavated west of Yatton, Somerset, UK in 1884. It lies very close to the Yeo river, in a large meadow…

Roman Tile – 005 – Aquileia

18 May 2020

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources

Aquileia, Basilica, church, design, pattern, roman

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The Basilica Santa Maria de Assunta in Aquileia, Italy started as a Church immediately after 313 AD. when the Edict of Milan put an end to religious persecution. From that…

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Mosaic Models

The Nika Riots

The Mosaic of the Greek Philosophers in Autun

Permanence of Patterns – the Swastika symbol

Opus Signinum

Permanence of patterns – Meander

Geometric Mosaic – Roman Tile 231 – Ostia Marina

Roman Tile – 230 – Italica Shuriken

The Wemberham mosaic

Roman Tile – 005 – Aquileia

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