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Detailed explanation-1: -Mosaic art is the decoration of a surface with small, variously colored pieces of material, called tesserae. Various materials can be used for tesserae, but stone, glass, and ceramic are the most common. Mosaic art has some similarities to painting as a method for creating pictorial art on a two-dimensional surface.

Detailed explanation-2: -From around the twelfth century to the fourteenth century, the Byzantines also began creating portable mosaic icons by setting small tesserae into wax or resin on wood panels, which were often enclosed in silver-gilt frames.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mosaics were one of the most popular forms of art in the Byzantine Empire. They were extensively used to depict religious subjects on the interior of churches within the Empire and remained a popular form of expression from 6th century to the end of the Empire in the 15th century.