Having been (... or should I say being ...) one of the most expressive and original contributions of the Portuguese artistic creativity to the Universal culture, the "glazed tile" Art has gone beyond its use as a merely ornamental form of Art, excelling in its figurative diversity having moved away from the traditional geometric moorish influenced designs and flemish mannerist style.
Amongst the many panels I have been drawn to, particularly over the last two years, these have caught my attention, because of the originality of the themes.
In the National Azulejo Museum (Left) and in the Palace of the Marquises of Fronteira, Lisboa (Right)
"Monkey business " (3rd quarter of the XVII century) - Palace of the Marquises of Fronteira, Lisbon.
Glazed tile façades and murals are present in our daily life and yet we don't seem to pay them the attention they deserve ...
Could it be that amongst the various things we have been losing ... we are (also) losing our aesthetical sense ?...
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