Opus vermiculatum
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opus-vermiculatum-257-12239752
title:
Opus vermiculatum
text:
Opus vermiculatum is a method of laying mosaic tesserae to emphasise an outline around a subject. This can be of one or more rows and may also provide background contrast, e.g. as a shadow, sometimes with opus tessellatum. The outline created is often light and offset by a dark background for greater contrast. The name opus vermiculatum literally means "worm-like work", and has been described as one of the most demanding and elaborate forms of mosaic work. Usually opus vermiculatum is meant to p
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description:
Ancient art method
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_vermiculatum
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date modified:
2023-10-16T08:53:17Z
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