El pintor de azulejos erudito
Para postularse al puesto de maestro de la Real Fábrica de Louça do Rato, Francisco de Paula e Oliveira puso en relieve la formación erudita del pintor de azulejos.
Los arquitectos y los azulejos
Los arquitectos se encargaron de la perfecta adaptación de los azulejos a los espacios de los edificios.
From a bolster ashlar to a diamond pattern tile
The decorative pattern tiles also reveal the classical architectural culture used to produce them.
A caça no Novo Mundo
Nas quintas e palácios, foi comum a existência de salas decoradas com caçadas, um dos temas mais recorrentes da azulejaria figurativa de seiscentos e setecentos.
Hunting in the New World
In villas and palaces, it was common to have rooms decorated with hunting scenes, one of the most recurrent themes depicted in the 1600s and 1700s.
The Perfect Christian King
The Monastery of São Vicente de Fora main hall, with a gallery of royal portraits, has one of the most outstanding programs of images from the Portuguese 18th century.
Love Triumphs over War
At the Quinta de Oeiras, on the stairs that flank the fountain’s niche, two tile panels depict the victories of love over war: Mars disarmed by Venus and Andromeda freed by Perseus.
The World Upside Down
Satire, both for fun or as moral censorship, establishes a link between the popular and the erudite universe.
The Gallant Palace
The presence of a polite, well-dressed, and well-educated society is an essential complement to noble architecture.
The Mathematical Proportion of 17th-Century Tile Patterns
Working with the proportion relations among all the elements of architecture, the Portuguese architects created a series of geometric pattern tiles in different scales.
The Learned Tile Painter
To run for the position of master of the Real Fábrica de Louça do Rato, Francisco de Paula e Oliveira valued the importance of the tile painter’s erudition.
The Shortness of Life on the Emblems of António de Sousa de Macedo
The emblems created by the Portuguese diplomat António de Sousa de Macedo (1606-1682) are rooted in a deep humanist tradition and were designed to provide a scholarly discourse to architecture.
Athos Bulcão and the Tiles of Brasília
Despite still being relatively unknown, Athos Bulcão and his artistic legacy left us a demonstration of immense creative potential, which the art tiles medium was only part of a bigger picture.
The River Acis and the Royal Fishing
Fishing near the Cascata dos Gigantes at Quinta dos Marqueses de Pombal, in Oeiras, was an unusual recreation in the gardens of Portuguese country houses in the eighteenth century.
The Polite Card Games
There is no doubt that the new wealthy bourgeoisie, protected by the Marquis de Pombal, adopted the French etiquette, and that card games, with concerts, dance, and ballroom conversations were an essential part of social gatherings.
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