Piecing Together the Story behind the Tile Mosaic

PIECING TOGETHER THE STORY BEHIND THE TILE MOSAIC FAMOUS MOSAICS BY THE NUMBERS VENICE MOSAIC TILE HOUSE (VENICE BEACH, CA - USA) NUMBER OF PEOPLE COVERING ENTIRE HOME IN TILE MOSAICS. NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY (NEW YORK CITY, NY - USA) COST PER NIGHT TO RENT THE HOME ON AIRBNB.COM. $500 18 YEARS SPENT YEAR FIRST SUBWAY ČREATING MOSAICS. MOSAIC WAS INSTALLED 1901 250 NUMBER OF EXISTING Y MOSAICS TODAY 111+ YEARS TIMESPAN IN WHICH NYC CONTINUES ADDING SUBWAY MOSAICS ESCADARIA SELARÓN (RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL) 22 YEARS ARTIST JORGE SELARON HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE STEPS 125 METERS SPAN OF THE STEPS 2,000 250 TILES MADABA MOSAIC MAP (MADABA, JORDAN) STEPS MAP'S ORIGINAL 21 X 7 M MEASUREMENTS NUMBER OF 2 MILLION+ TESSERAE USED ESTIMATED TIME WHEN THE MAP WAS CREATED 542-570 AD LA MAISON PICASSIETTE (CHARTRES, FRANCE) 26 TIME RAYMONDE ISIDORE SPENT COVERING HIS HOME IN TILE YEARS MOSAIC. 30,000 NUMBER ŐF VISITORS THE HOUSE SEES EACH YEAR. RESOURCES: http://www.histaryworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyidsac36 http://matadornetwark.com/tri -impressive-mosaics-warldi http://katiehalimosaic.com/about-masaics/12-a-brief-history-of-mosaic-tile-artworkhtml http://www.ida.org/content.cfm/a-jouney-into-the-world-of-mosaics-historical-and-contemporary-use http://www.nkba.org/Learn/Homeowners/Tips/Tile/SuccessfulTileDesignandlinstallation aspx http://creativeartcourseswordpress.com/2011/05/26/types-of-mosaic-tiles/ INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: http://enwikipedia.org/wiki Mosaic http://nycsubway.org/perl/artwork http://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/cio-de-janeiro/sights/art/escadaria-selaron WESTSIDE http://www.thejayafshardsco.uk/picassiettefindex.shtml https://www.airbnb.com/cooms462706 TILE AND STONE http://www.apactmenttherapy.com/venice-mosaic-t-2580 westsidetileandstoneblog.com PIECING TOGETHER THE STORY BEHIND THE TILE MOSAIC FAMOUS MOSAICS BY THE NUMBERS VENICE MOSAIC TILE HOUSE (VENICE BEACH, CA - USA) NUMBER OF PEOPLE COVERING ENTIRE HOME IN TILE MOSAICS. NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY (NEW YORK CITY, NY - USA) COST PER NIGHT TO RENT THE HOME ON AIRBNB.COM. $500 18 YEARS SPENT YEAR FIRST SUBWAY ČREATING MOSAICS. MOSAIC WAS INSTALLED 1901 250 NUMBER OF EXISTING Y MOSAICS TODAY 111+ YEARS TIMESPAN IN WHICH NYC CONTINUES ADDING SUBWAY MOSAICS ESCADARIA SELARÓN (RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL) 22 YEARS ARTIST JORGE SELARON HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE STEPS 125 METERS SPAN OF THE STEPS 2,000 250 TILES MADABA MOSAIC MAP (MADABA, JORDAN) STEPS MAP'S ORIGINAL 21 X 7 M MEASUREMENTS NUMBER OF 2 MILLION+ TESSERAE USED ESTIMATED TIME WHEN THE MAP WAS CREATED 542-570 AD LA MAISON PICASSIETTE (CHARTRES, FRANCE) 26 TIME RAYMONDE ISIDORE SPENT COVERING HIS HOME IN TILE YEARS MOSAIC. 30,000 NUMBER ŐF VISITORS THE HOUSE SEES EACH YEAR. RESOURCES: http://www.histaryworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyidsac36 http://matadornetwark.com/tri -impressive-mosaics-warldi http://katiehalimosaic.com/about-masaics/12-a-brief-history-of-mosaic-tile-artworkhtml http://www.ida.org/content.cfm/a-jouney-into-the-world-of-mosaics-historical-and-contemporary-use http://www.nkba.org/Learn/Homeowners/Tips/Tile/SuccessfulTileDesignandlinstallation aspx http://creativeartcourseswordpress.com/2011/05/26/types-of-mosaic-tiles/ INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: http://enwikipedia.org/wiki Mosaic http://nycsubway.org/perl/artwork http://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/cio-de-janeiro/sights/art/escadaria-selaron WESTSIDE http://www.thejayafshardsco.uk/picassiettefindex.shtml https://www.airbnb.com/cooms462706 TILE AND STONE http://www.apactmenttherapy.com/venice-mosaic-t-2580 westsidetileandstoneblog.com