The recreations are so faithful to traditional designs, they often trick the eyes of passersby. Machado's mind-bending Street Ceramics series is focused on reimagining azulejos, the blue and white-painted, tin-glazed tiles traditional to Portuguese architectural decoration. Dating back to 13th century Spain, azulejos appeared over the centuries on nearly every Portuguese building from churches to schools, and palaces to ordinary homes.
Elaborately painted with intricate detail, azulejos evolved to include figurative designs depicting notable events in Portuguese history. But eventually, the popularity of the tiles declined in the mid-twentieth century. Adopting the visual style of traditional azulejos, Machado incorporates elements of our modern era. His work contains eerie, surrealist cartoon elements like unblinking eyes, hockey sticks, chipmunks, and smiling clowns.
Part of HuffPost Entertainment. All rights reserved. What is his secret? Let us know what you think of Noberto's illusion in the comments below. Suggest a correction. What's Hot. Artist Chuck Close Dies. As such, it is not impartial and neutral. In the present article, I have merely explained the main options followed, some of which are already being implemented within the project.
Even without referring to concrete examples, the new methodology itself allows us to substantiate a series of aspects that were hitherto only intuited. These newly revealed aspects include the different painting techniques, the tastes and trends, as well as the importance of the use of perspective, among others.
In the near future, once the catalogue is concluded, it will be possible to accurately account for the evolution of frames throughout a long time-span pinpointing continuities and breaking points and for the more popular models.
It will also be possible to determine whether frames were shared by different workshops; or whether there might have been an initial cooperation between different workshops within the same work, one of them in charge of frames and the other of figurative sections; which sources of inspiration were used; the nature of the relationship between tile painters and woodcarvers, given the dissemination of motifs between these two artistic forms, etc.
Begun in September , this project has been active for about two years. To this day it includes more than frames, corresponding to approximately 70 out of the in situ decorations known to date Carvalho, Today the current filing of in situ inventory records is much swifter, greatly due to the repetition of double azulejo frames, whose variations are not significant enough for a new catalogue number to be created. In fact, even though today historiographers regard frames as elements devised to integrate decorations within space, in the Baroque period they were seen as marginal elements, outweighed by history paintings, organized in long narrative sequences inspired by engravings circulating across Europe.
Available in Azulejos Portugal — Brasil. She has been doing research on heritage, especially in the area of Portuguese azulejo , and wrote several articles. Currently her main research focus is on azulejo frames in collaboration with the National Museum of Azulejo, Lisbon see complete CV.
We added a new one, the mouldings. The other terms have the same initial letter in Portuguese and in English. Articles, interviews and reviews to do with antique and modern picture frames. Abstract The present article focuses on the cataloguing of Baroque azulejo frames and aims to explain the methodology of the project as well as the expected results. Photo: Joaquim Carrapato Just like azulejo decorations, azulejo frames must be considered in context, that is, in their original location, in articulation with the architecture and other artistic modes of expression fig.
The importance of cataloguing During the 20th century, the Portuguese study of azulejos managed both to find its own place within Portuguese Art History and to distinguish itself from the study of ceramics as an independent research field.
Az Infinitum and the cataloguing procedure for Baroque frames Fig. Cataloguing process Fig. A clear definition of the different types of frames leads to a preliminary definition of three Baroque decorative systems Carvalho : a azulejo decorations covering entire walls sometimes extending to the ceilings ; b azulejo wainscoting articulated with gilt woodwork and easel painting; c azulejo wainscoting with an indented upper edge.
Discussion and summary As mentioned above, the setup of this cataloguing system followed very specific requirements. Like this: Like Loading Leave a comment. Follow Following. The Frame Blog Join 5, other followers. Sign me up. Already have a WordPress.
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