Opus vermiculatum is a method of laying mosaic tesserae to emphasise an outline around a subject. This can be of one or more rows and may also provide...

that are larger than about 4 mm. It is distinguished from the finer opus vermiculatum which used tiny tesserae, typically cubes of 4 millimetres or less...

pebble mosaics. Opus vermiculatum and opus tessellatum were two different techniques used during this period of mosaic making. Opus tessellatum refers...

Tunis, Tunisia. There were two main techniques in Greco-Roman mosaic: opus vermiculatum used tiny tesserae, typically cubes of 4 millimeters or less, and...

simple geometric patterns, while only a handful utilize the opus tessellatum and opus vermiculatum techniques to create lucid, naturalistic, and richly colored...

Graphics, World Scientific, ISBN 9789814547321 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opus regulatum. Opus sectile Opus tessellatum Opus vermiculatum v t e...

curves called opus vermiculatum (also known as worm work, because they seem to replicate the slow motion of a crawling worm) rather than opus signinum or...

pictorial designs. There were two main techniques in Greco-Roman mosaic. Opus vermiculatum used tiny tesserae, typically cubes of 4 millimeters or less, and...

each tessera tile, the opus tessellatum pieces on average measuring eight millimeters square and the finer opus vermiculatum pieces having an average...

distinguished between normal opus tessellatum with tesserae mostly over 4 mm across, which was laid down on site, and finer opus vermiculatum for small panels, which...

mythological scenes. Two types of tesserae were employed: opus vermiculatum, in the centre of the pavement; opus tessellatum, larger tesserae to create three-dimensional...

techniques: opus tessellatum, opus vermiculatum and opus sectile. The external black and white geometric border is created with the opus tessellatum technique...

added with two other rooms in which very fine polychrome mosaics (opus vermiculatum) were discovered. The southern side of the Republican peristyle still...

along the Via Ardeatina (first century B.C.) with very small tiles (opus vermiculatum). The subject and technique are in the Hellenistic tradition. Central...

ornament using plant forms and tendrils. In Ancient Roman mosaics, opus vermiculatum was the most detailed technique, and pieces are often described as...

Opus mixtum Opus quadratum Opus regulatum Opus reticulatum Opus sectile Opus signinum Opus spicatum Opus tessellatum Opus testaceum Opus vermiculatum...

the sculptures there were also numerous mosaics, including those in opus vermiculatum mounted on tiles, to be used as central emblematic of precious floors...

elements such as stalks, buds, and petals. The Mosaic was made using the opus vermiculatum technique, thus a light outline is drawn around the shapes using tesserae...

Floor mosaic depicting a fruit which looks like a pineapple. Opus vermiculatum, Roman artwork of the end of the 1st century BCE/beginning of the 1st century...

blowing his shell trumpet forms the threshold. The mosaic, laid in opus vermiculatum, was described as a "Pompeian pavement" and is most likely a copy...

mosaics were laid out using the opus tessellatum (tiles aligned in horizontal or vertical lines) and opus vermiculatum (tiles aligned so as to draw an...

room; a masterfully crafted portrait of the Greek goddess Eirene in opus vermiculatum with smaller tesserae. The octagonal marble basin located in the centre...