Editing Mikhail Lomonosov (section)

===Mosaic===
Lomonosov was proud to restore the ancient art of [[mosaic]]s. In 1754, in his letter to [[Leonhard Euler]], he wrote that his three years of experiments on the effects of chemistry of minerals on their colour led to his deep involvement in the mosaic art. In 1763, he set up a glass factory that produced the first stained glass mosaics outside of Italy. There were forty mosaics attributed to Lomonosov, with only twenty-four surviving to the present day. Among the best is the portrait of [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] and the ''Battle of Poltava'', measuring {{convert|4.8|×|6.4|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=Elena Lavrenova |url=http://www.foxdesign.ru/aphorism/biography/lomonosov.html |title=Lomonosov biography |publisher=Foxdesign.ru |access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narfu.ru/lomonosov |title=М.В. Ломоносов: к 300-летию со дня рождения|publisher=narfu.ru |access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://grokhovs1.chat.ru/lomonos/lomono5.html |title=''М.А. Безбородое'' М.В. Ломоносов. Фабрика В Усть-Рудицах |publisher=Grokhovs1.chat.ru |date=5 December 2001 |access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>