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Butterfly Mosaic Facade: Biomorphic Decoration in Modernist Architecture

#5676. Butterfly Mosaic Facade: Biomorphic Decoration in Modernist Architecture

The image shows a fragment of a mosaic facade cladding executed in the technique of multicolored smalti. The mosaic displays an artistic composition featuring a large butterfly (likely a species from the Nymphalidae family) with red-orange wings and characteristic white-brown edging. The butterfly is positioned against a bright blue segment, which contrasts with the light blue upper background and light green lower background.

The architectural composition clearly follows modernist traditions, where natural elements are stylized and incorporated into the decorative structure of the building. Above the butterfly, there is a stylized flower on a long stem, complementing the overall biomorphic theme. The execution technique is characteristic of 20th-century mosaic works - with clear division of color zones and pronounced texture of joints between smalti fragments.

The mosaic structure follows the cylindrical form of an architectural element (possibly a column or decorative turret), which creates an additional spatial dimension for the composition. The color palette, consisting of bright contrasting tones - blue, navy, green, red, and yellow - gives the facade expressiveness and decorative quality characteristic of mid-20th century modernist architectural solutions.

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