Meaning & use
smalto
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Small, irregular pieces of colored glass or enamel used in mosaic art.
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The artist arranged the smalto piece by piece to form a shimmering image of the sea.
Byzantine churches are famous for ceilings covered in gold smalto mosaics.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Italian, "smalto" is related to the word "enamel" and is especially associated with the mosaic tradition of Ravenna and Venice.
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