Moon and Stars Art Mosaic
$50.00
Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces. It was the Greeks, in the four centuries BC, who raised the pebble technique to an art form, with precise geometric patterns and detailed scenes of people and animals. By 200 BC, specially manufactured pieces ("tesserae") were being used to give extra detail and range of color to the work. Using small tesserae, meant that mosaics could imitate paintings.
Mosaic Aquarius Zodiac
$60.00
Aquarius
January 2o-February 18
Its representation as a man pouring a stream of water out of a jug came about, it has been suggested, because in ancient times the rising of Aquarius coincided in the Middle East with a period of floods and rain.
Mosaic Aries Zodiac
$60.00
Aries
March 21-April 19
Its representation as a ram is identified with the Egyptian god Amon and, in Greek mythology, with the ram with the golden fleece, which Phrixus, sacrificed the ram to Zeus, who placed it in the heavens as the constellation.
Mosaic Cancer Zodiac
$60.00
Cancer
June 22-July 22
Its representation as a crab (or lobster or crayfish) is related to the crab in Greek mythology that pinched Heracles while he was fighting the Lernaean hydra. Crushed by Heracles, the crab was rewarded by Heracles' enemy, Hera, by being placed in the heavens.
Mosaic Capricorn Zodiac
$60.00
Capricorn
December 22-January 19
One explanation of the fishtail with which the goat is often represented is found in the Greek myth of Pan, who, to avoid the monster Typhon, jumped into the water just as he was changing into animal shape. The half above water assumed the shape of a goat while the lower half, the tail, assumed the shape of a fish.
Mosaic Gemini Zodiac
$60.00
Gemini
May 21-June 21
It is represented by a set of twins (in Egyptian astrology by a pair of goats and in Arabian astrology by a pair of peacocks). In addition to their identification as Castor and Pollux, the twins have also been related to other celebrated pairs, such as the younger and older Horus, or Romulus and Remus.
Mosaic Leo Zodiac
$60.00
Leo
July 23-August 22
Its representation as a lion is usually linked with the Nemean lion slain by Heracles (Hercules). Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces.
Mosaic Libra Zodiac
$60.00
Libra
September 23-October 23
It is represented by a woman (sometimes identified with Astraea, the Roman goddess of justice), holding a balance scale or by the balance alone. Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces.
Mosaic Pisces Zodiac
$60.00
Pisces
February 19-March 20
Its representation as two fish tied together is usually related to the Greek myth of Aphrodite and Eros , who jumped into the river to escape the monster Typhon and changed into fish, or, alternatively, the two fish that carried them to safety.Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces.
Mosaic Sagittarius Zodiac
$60.00
Sagittarius
November 22-December 21
It is represented either by a centaur shooting a bow and arrow or by an arrow drawn across a bow. The Babylonians made the identification of Sagittarius as a mounted archer as early as the 11th century BC. Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces.
Mosaic Scorpio Zodiac
$60.00
Scorpio
October 24-November 21
Its representation as a scorpion is related to the Greek legend of the scorpion that stung Orion to death (said to be why Orion sets as Scorpius rises in the sky). Another Greek myth relates that a scorpion caused the horses of the Sun to bolt when they were being driven for a day by the inexperienced youth Phaeton. Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago.
Mosaic Taurus Zodiac
$60.00
Taurus
April 20-May 20
Its representation as a bull is related to the Greek myth of Zeus, who assumed the form of a bull to abduct Europa.Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces.
Mosaic Virgo Zodiac
$60.00
Virgo
August 23-September 22
It is represented as a young maiden carrying a sheaf of wheat. She is variously identified as a fertility goddess (the Babylonian and Assyrian Ishtar, among others) or the harvest maiden (the Greek Persephone and others). Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces.
Phoenix Art Mosaic
$60.00
Mosaics decoration was first used many centuries ago. People from all over the world loved and decorated their floors, walls and places of worship with the small, wonderful, colored cut pieces. It was the Greeks, in the four centuries BC, who raised the pebble technique to an art form, with precise geometric patterns and detailed scenes of people and animals. By 200 BC, specially manufactured pieces ("tesserae") were being used to give extra detail and range of color to the work. Using small tesserae, meant that mosaics could imitate paintings.