Do you hate mosaics? In the "Garden of Eden" thousands of years ago, mosaics had such a purpose!

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Mosaics appeared in the Mesopotamia - the legendary "Garden of Eden" thousands of years ago.

If today’s mosaics are to cover up things that people want to see but should not be made public, then the purpose of mosaics thousands of years ago was exactly the opposite.

Why does the mosaic appear in this area, and what is its mission?

Mesopotamia

Although the Euphrates and Tigris rivers flow through the Mesopotamia, although they have abundant water and soil, they do not have sufficient fuel, so the buildings in the Mesopotamia are Built with naturally sun-dried adobe bricks.

This kind of unfired adobe bricks is not strong enough and waterproof enough, so they will inlay some special ceramic tiles on the adobe walls to increase the waterproof performance.

In the process of making "tiles", people felt that the adobe bricks and ceramic tiles were not beautiful enough. Later, they began to draw some beautiful patterns on the adobe bricks and then apply a special material "glaze" , calcined with fire to make ceramic tiles with exquisite patterns.

When they were inlaying ceramic tiles, they discovered that if a complete painting was divided into several parts, each part was painted on a brick, and then these patterns were put together to form a huge and exquisite pattern. This would make palace and temple walls more beautiful.

This kind of painting looks like it is made up of mosaics one by one. It is called mosaic art. Because it is a puzzle of the palace wall, it is also known as the "Mosaic Art of Mesopotamia". "Palace Puzzle"!

In the long history of the development of painting art

The earliest primitive murals

Originated from witchcraft sacrifices

Ancient Egyptian murals

Originated from the ancient belief in resurrection from the dead

People in the Mesopotamia do not believe that people can be resurrected after death

They spend a lot of energy

Build palaces and temples

In order to live a better life while alive

They made the "Palace Puzzle" to make the palace look better. It’s more beautiful, so this “mosaic” finally appears as an art!

People in Mesopotamia not only painted on ceramic tiles, but also on a white stone called alabaster.

In the process of appreciating the paintings of Mesopotamia, do we feel a sense of deja vu?

Yes, it is very similar to the ancient Egyptian murals I introduced to you last time, but there are still big differences when you look closely.

The characters in the puzzle of the palace in the Mesopotamia have their faces turned sideways and their eyes are upright, just like the ancient Egyptian murals. But what we can see is that the characters in the puzzle of the Mesopotamia have shoulders. Already following the sideways body coming over.

This is a great progress in the art of painting!

Today, the mosaic art of Mesopotamia is still widely used. Whether it is ceramic tiles with exquisite patterns or educational puzzle toys that parents particularly love, they all originate from the ancient civilizations in the Mesopotamia.

Unfortunately, the buildings in the Mesopotamia Basin have not been preserved to this day. We have mentioned in the previous article that the buildings in the Mesopotamia Basin were made of naturally dried brittle adobe bricks, so today we There is very little information about the palaces and puzzles in Mesopotamia that I have seen online.

Fortunately, the ceramic tiles made by the wise people in the Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia have been preserved, giving us the opportunity to better understand the splendid Mesopotamia civilization.

If today’s mosaics are to hide things that cannot be made public, then the mosaics in Mesopotamia are to show people the daily life of the princes and nobles.

What do you think the “painters” at that time loved to paint?

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