MOSAICS ACCORDING TO THE RIGOROUS BYZANTINE RAVENNA TECHNIQUE

Byzantine and Roman mosaics - The tradition of the Ravenna mosaics is well known for its production and has been able to combine tradition with the technological evolution of materials,  binders and supports, without compromising the authenticity of the mosaic product.
The techniques in use are still founded on manual production, in a continuous evolution through the centuries which has substantially modified only the substructure binding materials, improving their quality and resistance to adapt them to the contemporary technological needs.

The constituent materials of the tesserae surface are the same as the originals and are still produced in Venice according to old techniques.
They are vitreous materials - a glass paste called Smalti, different from the common vitreous paste in quality and aesthetic features. These smalti are hand-cut with a hack hammer and a chisel, producing a single tessera in the desired form and dimension.
The chromatic scale is characterized by a range of around three thousand colours (3,000) !

The gathering of these features represents the uniqueness of the Ravenna mosaic (er.by  Roman mosaics), which through the use of a Direct Technique  of execution (setting up a single tessera on fresh mortar)   reaches levels of high aesthetic quality, giuinq a perception of movement.