Colours of Fatimah al-Ma’sūmah shrine in Qom, Iran (by DaF1967).

in-oceans-of-light:

Emam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran

Interior of the Casa Navàs, designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, in Reus, Catalonia, Spain.

triglifos-y-metopas:

Mosaic floor

House of the Birds

Italica, Spain.

ethosclash:

Photograph by Sunumer (via Flickr)

Next time I’m in Istanbul I will go here.

Şakirin Mosque, Üsküdar, Istanbul Turkey.

The mosque’s architect was Hüsrev Tayla, and its interior designer was Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu, according to newspaper reports the first female interior designer of a mosque.

langoaurelian:

Angelus 

Mosaic by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) 

toomuchart:

Unknown Artist (Roman), Cubiculum (bedroom) from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscorealer (excavated about a mile from Pompeii), c. 50-40 BCE.

acheiropoietos:

Coronation of the Virgin
Apse mosaic of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome Italy.

~i’m getting really excited about the mosaic program in this basilica
also this is the most beautiful thing yes or yes 

evysinspirations:

[Great Hall. View from the second floor west corridor. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)

ancient-and-medieval-art:

Saint Cecilia and Eulalia (Basilica of Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo), mosaic. Ravenna, Italy. 6th century A.D.

phoco:

persian mosaic on Flickr.