The National Gallery’s Hidden Treasure
December 24, 2025
Art underfoot at London’s National Gallery—a series of masterful and humorous mosaics lie almost unnoticed in a museum’s floor
Art underfoot at London’s National Gallery—a series of masterful and humorous mosaics lie almost unnoticed in a museum’s floor
Gumbo was visiting the fascinating and well preserved mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sicily. The Villa houses the best preserved collections of Roman mosaics in the world.
Ian Cook shares some amazing images of the ancient floor mosaics from Paphos, Cyprus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Under the Basilica di San Francesco in Ravenna lies an earlier church, whose mosaics, flooded by rainwater, can be seen through an opening in the floor.
Almost every city has something unique or distinctive to show off, and in Ravenna’s case it is the largest and most spectacular collection of Byzantine mosaics you can find. Together, the mosaic sites have given Ravenna, a not-especially-large…
Art underfoot at London’s National Gallery—a series of masterful and humorous mosaics lie almost unnoticed in a museum’s floor
Gumbo was visiting the fascinating and well preserved mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sicily. The Villa houses the best preserved collections of Roman mosaics in the world.
Ian Cook shares some amazing images of the ancient floor mosaics from Paphos, Cyprus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Under the Basilica di San Francesco in Ravenna lies an earlier church, whose mosaics, flooded by rainwater, can be seen through an opening in the floor.
Almost every city has something unique or distinctive to show off, and in Ravenna’s case it is the largest and most spectacular collection of Byzantine mosaics you can find. Together, the mosaic sites have given Ravenna, a not-especially-large…