Términos

Técnica romana de revestimiento en que pequeños bloques o piedras de forma irregular son aplicadas sobre un muro de concreto.

Late Roman and Byzantine pierced metalwork technique performed upon a soft metal such as gold using a drill and chisel to produce arabesques and other lacey ornamental designs.

Ancient Roman construction technique in which fired clay bricks or tiles were laid upon a core of concrete: opus caementicium.

Método romano de los revestimientos de la albañilería en el cual las técnicas del reticulatum y opus testaceum se combinan para formar un patrón superficial híbrido.

A mosaic paving technique in which stone tesserae of different colors, all of the same size and rectangular shape, are placed to create the visual impression of a basket weave pattern.

Ancient Roman ashlar masonry technique adopted from Etruscan stone construction; squared, cut blocks laid in regular courses.

Técnica romana de revestimiento en que piedras piramidales con lados cuadrados son dispuestas en un patrón regular como una malla sobre un muro de concreto.

Facing technique producing a mixture of square and rectangular stones or bricks. The term is also sometimes used for any of several other patterns of laying flat masonry in what was considered the 'Roman manner.'

Floor mosaic technique characterized by the insertion of irregular fragmented slabs of polychrome marbles and stones in a monochrome opus tessellatum field.

Imágenes o modelos compuestos de piezas modeladas individuales de material durable, usualmente piedra o vidrio, que conforman el diseño o modelo. Distinto de "mosaico" que es compuesto de pequeñas piezas de forma regular de material durable.

The process of creating designs by fitting together individually shaped pieces of durable material, usually stone or glass, where each piece forms an element in the design or pattern. It is distinguished from mosaic technique, which involves insetting small, uniform fragments of stone or glass (tesserae) to fill in areas or lines in the design, but each tessera does not itself form a pattern or element.

Pavement mosaic technique utilizing stone slab fragments, most commonly marble of different colors, cut in irregular shapes and placed side by side without creating any geometric or figurative motif.

Technique producing pavement made of concrete mixed with crushed tiles, stones, or gravel favored in Roman houses from the 1st century BCE through the 1st century CE.

Pavement mosaic technique using ceramic elements, usually of the same size and rectangular shape, arranged in a herringbone pattern.

Standard mosaic process and technique using small cubes of uniform size known as tesserae, made of hard materials such as stone and glass, applied to a ground to form ornamental patterns and pictures. While opus tessellatum was initially a cheap substitute for finer mosaic work executed in the more complex technique of "opus vermiculatum," it eventually became the dominant technique and remained so throughout the Middle Ages.

En la albañilería romana, una técnica de revestimientos en la pared usando los fragmentos de azulejos quebrados encajados en concreto.

Technique of mosaic making, first seen in ancient Greece and considered the most desired method for many centuries. Characterized by the use of very small cubes of uniform size of stone or glass used to form very detailed images or patterns, and having outlines surrounding elements of the composition. For a similar technique using larger tesserae and not employing outlines, which was considered inferior in ancient times but became standard in the Middle Ages, use "opus tessellatum."

Minor works of literature or music.

Úsese para peticiones reverentes dirigidas a Dios o a otra deidad.