1. Describe the Mosaic you have chosen include details about figures, colors, clothing, objects, etc.
So my Mosaic was very detailed, it was on the right side when I came in. I saw Jesus with his halo in golden, stones, his clothing was also very detailed, and there where again no shapes, and a bit of hanging feet. Jesus was differently dressed than the others as I said; he seemed to have a dress and the people/men next to him just had normal clothing, as in just regular short dresses. The priests next to him or anybody else did not have any halo's. Around the figures I saw that it was outside on some kind of market place, with a person walking in front of Jesus Christ, holding some kind of cross.
2. Does the Mosaic follow the "rules" according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Well when you say "rules" I think about the Checklist we got. The placement and scale of the figures was not very clear, but you could still see it a bit. In the mosaic, you could not really see any shades, maybe in the clothing, but the lines were drawn in different colors. The thing I did not really see was a balanced composition, I did not really see any limit. The colors they had were in almost every little detail, and bright. The background was clear, the figures were detailed with every little stone/glass piece. You could clearly see a story, it seemed that the guy in front of Jesus is leading him somewhere with the cross.
3. Is this mosaic a good example of Byzantine Art? Why/not?
In my Opinion it is a good example, because every thing was very clear and you could really see the way the people structured it. Not only on the Mosaic I most focused on but on the other Masterpieces too.
It was very golden, especially the top of the church you could see everything golden and you could actually see that only Jesus was in color and a bit more detailed. In the End I really enjoyed this field trip, because it was not only out of school, but we have not done a field trip since two years.
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