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ID: 300264561
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300264561

 

Record Type: concept
micromosaics (mosaics (visual works), <visual works by material or technique>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Mosaics made from hundreds or thousands of tiny tesserae, typically of opaque glass. Often used to create pictures, jewelry, plaques, small boxes, and tabletops. Made from the 16th century to the present in Rome and elsewhere. The term was coined by British collector Sir Arthur Gilbert (1913-2001) in the mid-20th century.
 
Terms:
micromosaics (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
micromosaic (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
micro mosaics (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
micromozaïeken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Mikromosaiken (C,U,German,D,PN)
Mikromosaik (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
micromosaicos (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
micromosaico (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.VC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Visual Works (hierarchy name)
........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of visual works (works)
............ visual works (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <visual works by material or technique>
................ <visual works by material or technique> (G)
Hierarchy of mosaics (visual works)
.................... mosaics (visual works) (G)
Hierarchy of micromosaics
........................ micromosaics (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Mozaïeken gemaakt van duizenden kleine mozaïekblokjes, meestal van ondoorzichtig glas, die worden gebruikt om afbeeldingen te maken, vaak naar beroemde kunstwerken of van ruïnes, op voorwerpen als juwelen, plaquettes, kleine doosjes en tafelbladen. Worden sinds de 16de eeuw gemaakt, voornamelijk in Rome in de 19de eeuw. De term werd halverwege de 20ste eeuw bedacht door de Britse verzamelaar Sir Arthur Gilbert (1913-2001). 
German ..... Mosaik, das aus hunderten oder tausenden von winzigen Tesserae hergestellt wurde, üblicherweise aus lichtundurchlässigem Glas. Oft verwendet, um Bilder, Schmuck, Tafeln, kleine Dosen und Tischplatten zu schaffen. Vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart in Rom und anderenorts hergestellt. Der Begriff wurde von dem britischen Sammler Sir Arthur Gilbert (1913-2001) Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts geprägt. 
Spanish ..... Mosaicos hechos de miles de delgadas teselas, generalmente de vidrio opaco, usado para crear pinturas, frecuentemente de famosas obras de arte o escenas de ruinas, en objetos como joyas, placas, pequeñas cajas y tableros de mesas. Hechos desde el siglo XVI hasta el presente, fueron producidos sobre todo en Roma en el siglo XIX. El término fue acuñado por el coleccionista británico Sir Arthur Gilbert (1913-2001) a mediados del siglo XX. 

Sources and Contributors:
micromosaic............  [VP]
.......................  Laura Hiserote Micromosaic Studio [online] (1998) accessed 03/12/02
micromosaico............  [VP]
.......................  Fleming y Honour, Diccionario de Artes Decorativas (1987) 564
.......................  Lucie-Smith, Diccionario de Términos de Arte (1997) 154
micromosaicos............  [VP]
..........................  Christie's Online (2001-)
..........................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
micromosaics............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  AATA database (2002-) 154684 checked 26 January 2012
.......................  BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
.......................  Hanisee, Micromosaics (2000) Title
.......................  Laura Hiserote Micromosaic Studio [online] (1998) used throughout text; accessed 03/12/02
micro mosaics............  [VP]
..........................  Christie's Online (2001-)
micromozaïeken............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
Mikromosaik............  [IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
.......................  Borgmeier, Bautechnik für Fliesen-, Platten- und Mosaikleger (2011) 313
.......................  Kruse, Fachkunde für Fliesenleger (1999) 17
.......................  Weltkunst. Zeitschrift für Kunst und Antiquitäten (1930-) 68:2872
Mikromosaiken............  [IfM-SMB-PK]
..........................  AAT-Deutsch (2012-)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, GCI, IfM-SMB-PK, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 154684 checked 26 January 2012
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Grove Art Online (2008-)
.......... Laura Hiserote Micromosaic Studio [online] (1998) in section: Micromosaics;" accessed 03/12/02
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
German .......... [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......... IfM Berlin
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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