Maria Heimgang mosaic
Byzantine mosaics are mosaics produced from the 4th to 15th centuries in and under the influence of the Byzantine Empire. The art of mosaic work quickly became one of the primary characteristics that were used to identified Byzantine art, as these artworks typically depicted religious scenes from the Bible and various spiritual icons. Artists made intricate mosaics out of thousands of glass, ceramic, and stone pieces that they arranged to form the images they desired.
