The technique is called (as he points at 0:10 ) "Pietra dura" (hard stone), not "mosaic". Just like we don't say it's a "pencil drawing" to those that are "colored pencil painting", because "pencil drawing" refers to "graphite drawings". In this case, the term "mosaic" refers to "tesserae mosaics" (small cubes). In fact, "pietra dura" would not be called "mosaic" (mosaĭcum) in ancient Roman times but "sectilia pavimenta", which was renamed *in modern times* to mimic that of "(opus) mosaĭcum" as "opus sectile", being "opus" = "work".
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Absolument magnifique ! Merci pour ce reportage !
FANTASTICO !!!!!
they look like paintings! such craftsmanship! Also, I didn't know you could make mosaic out of bigger pieces like that!
I know, right! Some of them you can’t believe they were made of stone!
The technique is called (as he points at 0:10 ) "Pietra dura" (hard stone), not "mosaic". Just like we don't say it's a "pencil drawing" to those that are "colored pencil painting", because "pencil drawing" refers to "graphite drawings". In this case, the term "mosaic" refers to "tesserae mosaics" (small cubes).
In fact, "pietra dura" would not be called "mosaic" (mosaĭcum) in ancient Roman times but "sectilia pavimenta", which was renamed *in modern times* to mimic that of "(opus) mosaĭcum" as "opus sectile", being "opus" = "work".