@badoarchitect: Almost all of what appear to be oil paintings inside St. Peter's Basilica are actually meticulously crafted mosaics. Beginning in the 1700s, the Vatican replaced the original canvas paintings because the basilica's damp air, incense, and candle soot were destroying them. Artisans at the Vatican Mosaic Studio painstakingly recreated these masterpieces using millions of tiny glass and stone tiles to ensure they would last forever.

🎀🔥Sphinx Mastigos🔥🎀 :

maybe mosaics are the grandparent of pixel art

NoemiJArt :

Yes it's wonderful. Have you seen micro mosaic though 😁

AndThenI'mJewish :

what if they've lied to us, and someone actually just lined the wall with blank stones and then painted a fresco on it?

Why Hello Rooni :

whaaaaaaat?! 🤯

Madd Mags 🌙💫 :

I was shooken too! A MOSAIC?!

User84513764563197546197964 :

I had no idea, that's amazing! as ctislly makes me sad to think how expensive that would be and how the church got that money :(

Mimiyaah :

I wish we still had people to do this, our architecture would be so much prettier, now everything is just glass buildings and boring buildings why not mix both, and make it beautiful again

Yaro :

Painting on the tiles... tiles were painted... thos ain't coming in colors..

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4k Mosaic

tmfV :

ohh I remember on a tour they said it was done for conservation. they had original paintings and then redone them as mosaics for display/basilica

Sólyom Veronika :

The way my jaw dropped

julanie :

mozaika jest zaliczana do technik malarskich (ucze się histori sztuki)

Keely West :

Wow!!!!

Olyyyy :

wth

neji_manga_analysis :

Glorious

mw1 :

holy...

Théo Taiclet :

wow

Susan Barinas :

Omg

Вика Бережная :

zoe holvey :

pikkykikky :

its outdated kitch crap anyway

EMPLEX :

pretty useless if you ask me, it would be better if you put a modern clock or graph for how many ppl have been here or just completely demolish this place and make a fine Walmart or parking Place. our country is the best in doing so... that's why also our country is the greatest of all time and currently ruled by the best of best and influential president of all time. best regards and may Jesus save you