What is mosaic? Where does its name originate? What is its technique as well as its historical journey throughout time? These are questions whose answers we hope the reader will find in this book.

A mosaic is a decorative work made with tesserae, which are small pieces of stone, glass, or anything else that inspires the artist, placed on a substrate. The tesserae owe their name to the vote, that is, to the small piece of stone or ceramic with which people voted in antiquity. However, mosaic is also referred to as mosaic, a name that comes from the decoration of spaces dedicated to the Muses.

In addition to several monumental works, such as the deer hunt from Pella or some exquisite piece of Byzantine art from the Monastery of Daphni, mosaics that have not received much publicity are also presented, as well as works that we are pleased to see published for the first time, such as those from the "Kerameikos".