Mosaics are formed by putting pieces of stone, or colored glass together into an image or pattern. For this mosaic, it looks like the artist used larger flat stones for the blue sky and one of the following for the figures: ivory, wood, or marble. There are many different uses of a mosaic. Some are used as walls, some as grave stones, and some even as very elaborate floors.
Homophonic texture occurs when there is a melody accompanying with chords like in a guitar. In Baroque period, there was homophonic music as there was one melody with a support from a keyboard player thus one person singing happy birthday with a simple chord with melody has a homophonic texture.
