Mosaic is no new design style. In fact, it's been around for thousands of years. The Ancient Greeks and Romans used tiny pebbles in various shades to create lavish floors in palaces and bathhouses.

Deep down in the ancient sunken Roman city of Baiae, a multicolored marble mosaic floor was uncovered. According to the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields, experts were working on ...

It forms part of the “opus sectile”, a mosaic work composed of various colored materials such as marble, shell, mother-of-pearl, and glass, which are cut into specific shapes and inlaid to ...

These eye-catching bathroom tile ideas give the phrase ‘bathing beauty’ a new meaning thanks to details like mosaic, colored grout, and gorgeous backsplash ...

“Schwarzheide,” a marble mosaic by Luc Tuymans, at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice. A major retrospective of the artist’s work is running there through Jan. 6, 2020.

Detail of the mosaic floor of the Duomo di Siena. ... visitors will be able to see nearly 14,000 square feet of intricate mosaic marble flooring dating back to the 14th century. ...

The bathhouse included a huge plunge pool, hot, warm and cold rooms, frescoes and a marble mosaic floor. And experts believe it was potentially the largest of its kind within a private home in ...

Magnificent renaissance mosaics covering the sweeping marble floor in Siena cathedral have been unveiled to give visitors a rare glimpse of scenes it took local artists 500 years to create. The ...

The Cathedral of Siena has a spectacle that's normally kept out of sight, even though you’re walking all over it—its inlaid marble mosaic floor. And for a short time in the late summer and ...

Credited to the volcanic volatility in the area, portions of the coast started sinking, taking with it ancient Roman ruins of imperial baths, statues, mosaics, and, of course, marble floors.