Mosaic Madness I

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1. Ellen Blakeley is considered a pioneer in the mosaic world in the use of which material? Tempered glass Polymer clay Smalti Stained glass

2. The practice of using shards from waste tiles to clad buildings is known as... pique assiette zillij double indirect method trencadis

3. Gaudi's Sagrada Familia is found in which city? Seville Barcelona Venice Tokyo

4. Simon Rodia created Watts Tower in which US city? Milwaukee Chicago Los Angeles New York

5. The Livermore Library mosaic became famous due to a number of mispellings by the artist which the council had to later pay for. Which mispellings were found in the original uncorrected version? Eistein Michaelangelo All of the above Schuman

6. The mosaics of Miami Beach are mostly created in which Twentieth century art style? Cubism Art Deco Art Nouveau Post-Modern

7. Which famous mosaic location is in Thailand? Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep Nek Chand Rock Garden Wat Xieng Thong The Forbidden City

8. Isaiah Zagar is a famous mosaicist who mosaicked his local neighbourhood in which city? London Pittsburgh Philadelphia Atlanta

9. Cardiff-based sculptor Jonathon Williams' mosaic commemorates which famous Antarctic explorer? Edmund Hillary Douglas Mawson Roald Amundsen Robert Falcon Scott

10. Which World Heritage site containing famous religious mosaics is located in Istanbul? Museo Pio-Clementino Church of the Saviour on the Blood Hagia Sophia Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo