Amateka ya Mose

Mosaika yakoreshejwe nk'ubuhanzi n'ubuhanga bwo gushushanya imyaka ibihumbi, hamwe na zimwe mu ngero za kera zabayeho kuva kera.

Inkomoko ya Tile ya Mosaic:

Mosaic yaturutse he? Inkomoko y’ubuhanzi bwa mozayike irashobora guhera mu bihe bya kera bya Mezopotamiya, mu Misiri, no mu Bugereki, aho hakoreshejwe uduce duto tw’amabuye y'amabara, ibirahure, n'ububumbano bwakoreshejwe mu gukora amashusho n'amashusho akomeye. Kimwe mu bihangano bya kera bya mozayike ni "Umwirabura Obelisk wa Shalmaneser wa III" wo muri Ashuri ya kera, guhera mu kinyejana cya 9 mbere ya Yesu. Abagereki n'Abaroma ba kera barushijeho guteza imbere ubuhanzi bwa mozayike, babukoresha mu gushariza amagorofa, inkuta, n'ibisenge mu nyubako zabo rusange n’aho batuye.

Gutunganya ibihangano bya Mosaic:

Mu gihe cya Byzantine (ikinyejana cya 4-15-15 nyuma ya Yesu), mozayike yageze ahirengeye mu kwerekana ubuhanzi, hamwemozayike ninikurimbisha imbere y'amatorero n'ingoro hirya no hino mu karere ka Mediterane. Mu Gihe Hagati, mozayike yakomeje kuba ikintu cy'ingenzi cyo gushushanya muri katedrali no mu bigo by’abihaye Imana, hifashishijwe ibirahuri na zahabu tesserae (tile) byiyongera ku bwiza no gukomera. Igihe cya Renaissance (ikinyejana cya 14-17) cyongeye kugaragara mubuhanzi bwa mozayike, abahanzi bagerageza tekinike nubuhanga bushya kugirango bahimbe ibihangano bitangaje.