Lubava Illyenko discusses the development of mosaic art in Ukraine during the Soviet era. She analyzes the Kyiv monumental-decorative school, which experienced its heyday in the 1960-80s, and highlights its design innovations, experiments with...
Nadia J. Koch examines the extent to which the ancient mosaic can be considered a precursor of the dot-generated digital image. She focuses on how mosaics split the object into colour elements and reassemble it in an impactful way. A comparison with...
In this contribution, Theresa Krampe examines the "mosaic aesthetics" of videogame images from a media studies perspective. Recent videogames deliberately present discontinuous, pixelated images, thereby flaunting their own mediality and digital...