skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Is
there a bluer country than Portugal? The blue sky and Atlantic Ocean embrace
the land. The blue moods of Fado, the melancholy folk music, form the national
soundtrack. And all across Portugal, the typically blue designs of azulejos
— ceramic tiles — are spread across churches, monasteries, castles,
palaces, university halls, parks, train stations, hotel lobbies and apartment
facades. The result is an embellished land of Christian saints, biblical
episodes, Portuguese kings, historical glories, pastoral idylls, aristocrats at
leisure, landscapes, seascapes, floral designs and, above all, geometric
motifs.
Thousands of specimens, from the 15th century to the 1930s, fill Solar a nearly 60-year-old Lisbon tile
specialist and antique dealer. (Solar Antique Tiles, a newer showroom in New
York City, is run by a family member.)
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário