Mosaic art dates back to the 3rd millennium BC where artists decorated temples with materials such as shells and colored stone. It is a form of art where many small elements turn into a unified completely when viewed at distance. I find it funny that, even though the mosaic technique is ancient, it certainly got some similarities to modern pixel art created on computers.

Throughout history, mosaics played a central role in decorations of important buildings. Some of the most amazing and huge mosaic artworks can be found in religious buildings for example cathedrals, temples and mansions. Typically, these historic artworks where creates as almost realistic images or high precision patterns. Nowadays mosaics art is used very differently. Some may say it is inspired by creative artists such as Gaudi. Gaudi is known for decorating buildings in Barcelona, Spain with stunning and voluptuous abstract mosaic art in the early 19th century. His artworks primarily consist of broken colored glass and tiles. Today abstract mosaics are popular as wall decorations in kitchens, bathrooms, as road surfaces in parks etc. However, they are also very popular as backgrounds in e.g. web design.

I have found some useful textures and patterns of abstract mosaics that I hope you will find use for in your creative work. All the pieces in this collection are free to download so scroll on and start searching for your favorites![exec]$filestr = file_get_contents(‘http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/googleadsensebelowmoretag.inc’);echo $filestr;[/exec]

Mosaic – MORE INFO

mosaic[1]

mosaic stock 2 – MORE INFO

mosaicstock2

mosaic stock 3 – MORE INFO

mosaicstock3

Mosaic Tile texture – MORE INFO

metallic-tile

Mosaic Texture in Turquoise – MORE INFO

MoasicTextureinTurquoise

Abstract mosaic background – MORE INFO

abstract-mosaic

Mosaic of Multicolored Stones – MORE INFO

MosaicofMulticoloredStones

STAMPs – MORE INFO

Stamps

Sidewalk Mosaic – MORE INFO

Sidewalk Mosaic

Mosaic Texture in Glass Globs – MORE INFO

MosaicTectureinGlassGlobs

Sunstone72-Stock 298 – MORE INFO

Sunstone72

Mosaic of Red Glass – MORE INFO

MosaicofRedGlass

Spiral mosaic – MORE INFO

spiral-mosaic

Blue Fire – MORE INFO

BlueFire

10 Mosiac Textures – MORE INFO

10MosaicTextures

Rainbow Mosiac Wallpaper – MORE INFO

RainbowMosaicWallpaper

MosiacCometOblivion – MORE INFO

MosaicCometOblivion

Playful Dolphins – MORE INFO

PlayfulDolphins

Stained Glass Texture – MORE INFO

StainedGlassTexture

mosaic – MORE INFO

mosaic

Mosaic Stock 8 – MORE INFO

MosaicStock8

Mosaic Landscape – MORE INFO

MosaicLandscape

Mosaic tile floor tex – MORE INFO

MosaicTileFloor

Tiles 1 – MORE INFO

Tiles1

Mosaic texture 02 – MORE INFO

MosaicTexture02

Mosaic – MORE INFO

Mosaic[3]

Mosaic Texture in Blue Glass 2 – MORE INFO

MosaciTextureinBlueGlass2

Mosaic Tile texture – MORE INFO

MosaicTileTexture

Stock Texture – Brown  – MORE INFO

StockTextureBrown

Mandala Mosaic Lyotta – MORE INFO

MandalaMosaicLyotta

Abstract mosaic background – MORE INFO

AbstractMosiacBackground

Textured Mosaic – MORE INFO

TexturedMosiac

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