Architectural Tile and Ornament

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Architectural Tile and Ornament

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Nara, Japan 1200-1400 CERoof top of a shrine.
The central tile is press molded as are the round
circles below.
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Wat Benchamabophit, Dusit, Thailand, 1899
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Tondo (round architectural ornament), Andrea
Della Robbia. Italian Renaissance, 1400s. Most
of the raised items are press molded.
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Luca Della Robbia
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Palacio Frontiera, Lisbon, Portugal, 1600s.
Painted rather than press molded tile
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Delft Tile, Holland, painted with cobalt over
white glaze.
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Mexican Ultra Baroque, San Francisco Acatepec,
1640-1750
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All the scrollwork you see here is produced using
molds. Most of these pieces are plaster, but all
began with a clay prototype (first piece) from
which a mold was taken.
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Adriana Varejao
Varejaos work deals with the historical meat
(the mortal lives, the pain and suffering) that
lie behind historical architecture and. She is a
Brazilian artist. The work is often about the
history of European colonization of the Americas.
If you arent aware, European (whether
Portuguese, Spanish, or English) colonization was
brutal, slave labor.
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Adriana Varejaao, For an installation in Japan
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Martina LantinLantin is a contemporary artist
interested in historic ornamentation. These are
press molded ceramic tiles.
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Arts and Crafts Movement 1900-1920Charles Rennie
MacIntosh Tile. The Arts and Crafts Movement
sought to bring art into everyday life from tiles
to wallpaper.
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Art Nouveau Tile. The Art Nouveau style is
marked by the curving lines of vegetation.
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Complex tile patterns from Uzbekistan
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More Uzbek Tile Your tile does not have to be
square.
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Pewabic Pottery Tiles, Arts and Crafts Movement
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Jason Green, contemporary tile installation
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Another Jason Green tile, press molded.
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Tiled Building