ocr: LION AND ELEPHANT MOSAIC F: - ZLOOR Byzantine MOSAICS Empire were in the produced AD 400s in and abundance 500s. Perhaps throughout the the finest examples of this art form can be found on the site of the Great Palace at Constantinople (now Istanbul, in Turkey), from which this mosaic comes. The workmanship is extremely fine, and different colors and shades have been used with great care to give a three-dimensional effect. This mosaic is made mostly of small cubes cut from marble, though some of the brightest are made of glass. The mosaics at the Great Palace include rural scenes as well as fi ...
