the quality of an artwork in which the elements are visually equal

mosaic [mo-ZAY-ik]

motif [moh-TEEF]

a design made of a combination of lines or shapes repeated to make a pattern

overlapping

being in front of and partly covering something else

symbol

the quality of an artwork in which both sides of a central line are the same or nearly the same

tesserae [TE-suh-ree]

the pieces of colored stone or glass that make the design in a mosaic