Opus tessellatum is the Latin name for the normal technique of Greek and Roman mosaic, made from tesserae that are larger than about 4 mm. It is distinguished from the finer opus vermiculatum which used tiny tesserae, typically cubes of 4 millimetres or less, and was produced in workshops in relatively small panels which were transported to the site glued to some temporary support. Opus tessellatum was used for larger areas and laid down at the final site. The two techniques were often combined, with small panels of opus vermiculatum called emblemata at the centre of a larger design in opus tessellatum. The tiny tesserae of opus vermiculatum allowed very fine detail, and an approach to the illusionism of painting.[1] There was a distinct native Italian style of opus tessellatum using only black on a white background, which was no doubt cheaper than fully coloured work.[2]
Opus tessellatum is usually used for backgrounds consisting of horizontally or vertically arranged lines, but not both in a grid, which would be opus regulatum.
Opustessellatum is the Latin name for the normal technique of Greek and Roman mosaic, made from tesserae that are larger than about 4 mm. It is distinguished...
sometimes with opustessellatum. The outline created is often light and offset by a dark background for greater contrast. The name opus vermiculatum literally...
pebble mosaics. Opus vermiculatum and opustessellatum were two different techniques used during this period of mosaic making. Opustessellatum refers to a...
The grout lines are aligned both vertically and horizontally unlike opustessellatum, which consists of either horizontally or vertically aligned tesserae...
Opustessellatum Mosaic, made from tesserae that are larger than about 4 mm used for larger areas and laid down at the final site. Opustessellatum is...
of larger floor-mosaics in coarser work. The normal technique was opustessellatum, using larger tesserae, which was laid on site. There was a distinct...
contain simple geometric patterns, while only a handful utilize the opustessellatum and opus vermiculatum techniques to create lucid, naturalistic, and richly...
techniques: opustessellatum, opus vermiculatum and opus sectile. The external black and white geometric border is created with the opustessellatum technique...
used for baptizing, and the second room has a floor mosaic made in "opustessellatum" technique. After the creation of the complex Great Basilica, the function...
listatum Opus mixtum Opus quadratum Opus regulatum Opus reticulatum Opus sectile Opus signinum Opus spicatum OpustessellatumOpus testaceum Opus vermiculatum...
167 and 200 AD A Roman mosaic from Piraeus depicting Medusa, using opustessellatum, 2nd century AD, National Archaeological Museum of Athens Mosaic of...
measurements for each tessera tile, the opustessellatum pieces on average measuring eight millimeters square and the finer opus vermiculatum pieces having an average...
and strawberry leaves between the roof beams. The floor is made of opustessellatum Roman mosaic. On the wall facing the porch is a fireplace, surrounded...
floor-mosaics in coarser work. The normal technique, however, was opustessellatum, using larger tesserae, which were laid on site. There was a distinct...
scenes. Two types of tesserae were employed: opus vermiculatum, in the centre of the pavement; opustessellatum, larger tesserae to create three-dimensional...
Palazzo Savini are remains of a Roman domus, including a 1st-century BC opustessellatum pavement which depicts a fighting lion and other decorative elements...
various shapes and sizes of stone, a property quite different from opustessellatum mosaics in which the patterns are made from small units which are all...
owner and his immediate family. Utilitarian pavement in opus figlinum, simple opustessellatum or opus lithostroton were utilised for service areas or corridors...
distinguished between normal opustessellatum with tesserae mostly over 4 mm across, which was laid down on site, and finer opus vermiculatum for small panels...
panels in "opus-tessellatum" geometric patterns. Meanwhile, between these panels and the courtyard and 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) channel in "opus signinum",...
Stilinnovation", in: K. Corsepius, D. Mondini, D. Senekovic et al., Opustessellatum: Modi und Grenzgange der Kunstwissenschaft (Studien zur Kunstgeschichte...
Valencia, where is one of the most highlighted pieces. It is a mosaic of opustessellatum decorated with tesselles of marble of 6 millimeters. It presents a...
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