The Roman Empire was a time for creation of MOSAICS. They lined the floors for decoration as well as for a cleans walkway, as opposed to walking over dirt floors.
Check out NOVA for glimpses of Mosaics from their LOST ROMAN TREASURE episode.
Watch Rome Reborn for a recreation of the city at the time of the creation of the mosaics.
Mosaics were popular forms of decoration in Early Christian Churches as well. Justinian and Theodora were memorialized in mosaics in the church of San Vitale.
MURALS were not only a means to decorate a wall, either interior or exterior. Murals were also a method of communicating with the public. They depicted the city's great accomplishments such as Diego Rivera's the Detroit Industry Mural inside the Detroit Institute of Arts. Visit Diego Rivera's Virtual Web Museum to learn more about this mural as well as others he created in his home country of Mexico.
TAPESTRIES were used as decorative elements in medieval castles. The tapestries were not only decorative but functional; they serves as heating and cooling elements along the cement and stone walls of castles and fortresses. They were generally enormous in size and took years to create. Two well known tapestries of the era include the Bayeux Tapestry and the Unicorn Tapestry.
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