Inside a Byzantine Mosaic

“A panoramic scene rendered in the style of a Byzantine church mosaic, with millions of tesserae glittering against gold ground, and a palette of cobalt, oxblood, and burnished gold. Foreground shows haloed saints in stiff frontal poses, hands raised in blessing, robes assembled from countless colored tiles. Midground reveals a central enthroned Christ Pantocrator flanked by archangels with great spread wings. Background shows a vast vault of solid gold tesserae interrupted only by jeweled inscriptions in stylized Greek lettering.”