Linda - Pacifica on tue 2 jan 07
Three paragraphs from a NYT article today about an exhibit of Spanish tiles=
at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in Manhattan. =20
Link: http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=3Dtnt&tntget=3D2007/01/02/=
arts/design/02tile.html&tntemail1=3Dy
Unfortunately, this is another Times Select article which requires that you=
sign up - sorry.
Cheers, Linda
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New Yorkers don?t often meet up with tiles, outside subway stations or the =
shower. Tiles flourish, after all, at latitudes where palm trees grow and w=
indow shutters are needed to minimize abundant sunlight.
Valencia is just that sort of place. Perched on the Costa del Azahar of Spa=
in, the orange blossom coast on the Mediterranean, the city started as a Ro=
man military colony and was later conquered by the Visigoths. The legendary=
Castilian nobleman El Cid (a k a Rodrigo D=EDaz de Vivar) fought the Moors=
in Valencia in the 11th century. The city changed hands again in the 13th =
century, when the Aragons from the north took over.
This pileup of cultural influences can be detected early in ?Tile Design in=
Valencia: From the Middle Ages Through the Early 20th Century,? a show at =
the Queen Sof=EDa Spanish Institute in Manhattan. Organized by Dr. Jaume Co=
ll Conesa, director of the Museo Nacional de Cer=E1mica y Artes Suntuarias =
Gonz=E1lez Mart=ED de Valencia, the exhibition features about 110 works dra=
wn from Valencia museums. It moves at a swift clip through nearly eight cen=
turies, demonstrating along the way the effects of Islam, Christianity and =
modernism on the ceramic tile tradition.
?Tile Design in Valencia: From the Middle Ages Through the Early 20th Centu=
ry? continues through Feb. 1 at the Queen Sof=EDa Spanish Institute, 684 Pa=
rk Avenue, at 68th Street; (212) 628-0420 or spanishinstitute.org.
Beth Spindler on tue 2 jan 07
Having visited Valencia twice this past year and seeing tile-covered walls,=20=
floors, countertops and viewing the Valencian kitchen at the Museum of Ceram=
ica ( where I wasn't allowed to photograph it - but did get a photo of the=20=
Madonna and Child before the guard saw me and informed me no photos), I can=20=
only imagine what a treasure this exhibit will be to view.
Anyone heading up to NY to see this?
Beth in VA=20
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-----Original Message-----
From: apollonia1041@MAC.COM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 9:39 AM
Subject: Tile Exhibit in NY
Three paragraphs from a NYT article today about an exhibit of Spanish tiles=20=
at=20
the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in Manhattan. =20
Link: http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emc=3Dtnt&tntget=3D2007/01/02/a=
rts/design/02tile.html&tntemail1=3Dy
Unfortunately, this is another Times Select article which requires that you=20=
sign=20
up - sorry.
Cheers, Linda
*******************************
New Yorkers don?t often meet up with tiles, outside subway stations or the=20
shower. Tiles flourish, after all, at latitudes where palm trees grow and wi=
ndow=20
shutters are needed to minimize abundant sunlight.
Valencia is just that sort of place. Perched on the Costa del Azahar of Spai=
n,=20
the orange blossom coast on the Mediterranean, the city started as a Roman=20
military colony and was later conquered by the Visigoths. The legendary=20
Castilian nobleman El Cid (a k a Rodrigo D=C3=ADaz de Vivar) fought the Moor=
s in=20
Valencia in the 11th century. The city changed hands again in the 13th centu=
ry,=20
when the Aragons from the north took over.
This pileup of cultural influences can be detected early in ?Tile Design in=20
Valencia: From the Middle Ages Through the Early 20th Century,? a show at th=
e=20
Queen Sof=C3=ADa Spanish Institute in Manhattan. Organized by Dr. Jaume Coll=
Conesa,=20
director of the Museo Nacional de Cer=C3=A1mica y Artes Suntuarias Gonz=C3=
=A1lez Mart=C3=AD de=20
Valencia, the exhibition features about 110 works drawn from Valencia museum=
s.=20
It moves at a swift clip through nearly eight centuries, demonstrating along=
the=20
way the effects of Islam, Christianity and modernism on the ceramic tile=20
tradition.
?Tile Design in Valencia: From the Middle Ages Through the Early 20th Centur=
y?=20
continues through Feb. 1 at the Queen Sof=C3=ADa Spanish Institute, 684 Park=
Avenue,=20
at 68th Street; (212) 628-0420 or spanishinstitute.org.
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