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During the Qajar period the seven color or polychrome tile work was expanded to include the use of pinks and yellows.
This is a detail of a mirror surround that is a WIP. The larger golden colored tiles were handmade. The rest of the mosaic consists of a variety of glass.
1830. - Teglværket Renbjærg ved Flenborg Fjord. Renbjærg tileworks by Flensborg Fjord
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now the southern part of Jutland in Denmark).
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Statens Museum for Kunst (English: "Statens Museum" or sometimes "National Gallery of Denmark") is the Danish national gallery located in Copenhagen.
These shopfront mosaics are increasingly rare. Some fine examples in Aberystwyth.
Handmade to last, when businesses were also expected to last. Beautiful craftsmanship.
During the recent rebuilding of Arlington Green Line Station, some old tile work was discovered, cleaned off and restored. 6/1/2015. © 2015 Peter Ehrlich
...some of the walls below that amazing roof. The graffiti made me chuckle.
Up above, that's not graffiti, that's tilework! Engels has perfected his thousand-yard stare, while Marx looks gruff (just the beard, I'm sure)
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Buzludzha. I'd been meaning to visit this place for a long time, ever since I'd read about it and seen the photos. It didn't disappoint.
The Buzludzha Monument is an enormous building - shaped roughly like a UFO with a tower stuck to the side - that broods atop the Buzludzha peak in the Central Balkan Mountains, in Bulgaria. It was built in 1981 at a cost of about $21m in today's money in order to commemorate the founding of the Bulgarian Socialist Democratic Party, and it's as much of an ode to socialism as you're going to get. The architecture is insane - perched at 1,441m, and visible from every direction - but the inside is now closed to the public as the building decays.
Inside is, however, where all the good stuff is. I thought I was being an intrepid explorer but I later discovered the local hostel runs tours where they show you how to get in. It's a little sad, though, that this history is being left to rot; it's an adventurous piece of design. Looking at some of the old photos and hints of how the building used to be (deep red paint in the stairwells), it must have been awe-inspiring (or a joke, perhaps) to walk through. Now, it's home to a few birds, the roof is about to cave in, and everything remotely valuable has been cut way. The star on the roof has gunshot damage, because (apparently) people thought it was made of rubies, and wanted some for themselves.
It'd be something to see it restored, but that's unlikely to happen; socialism has had its day in Bulgaria.
Seen from Carpenter Road in Edgbaston, one of the diversions from the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. Got off the towpath at Islington Row Middleway as the towpath was blocked as far as The Vale for the towpath widening of the Edgbaston Tunnel.
I went down Wheeleys Road, Carpenter Road, Church Road, and back onto the canal at The Vale Village (University of Birmingham).
50 Carpenter Road is behind hoardings. It has interesting looking brickwork, which is being restored.
Grade II Listed Building
Listing Text
CARPENTER ROAD
1.
5104 Edgaston B15
No 50
SP 9585 SE 45/26 21.1.70
II
2.
C1870, a substantial and important Gothic home by Chamberlain. Tall proportions
with asymmetrical elevations of red brick - polychrome brick banding, stone
dressings end decorative tilework. Two storeys and attics with 2 gabled to
front. Gable end elate mote with Gothic ridge tiled and saddlestones to
gables. Slender shafts to brick chimney stacks. Paired windows consisting
of 2 pointed lights divided by colonette. Pointed arcade with tracery to
stone porch, continued blind against blank wall to left with quatrefoil panel
below 1st floor window. Ornate modelling of stone eaves to side with decorative
panel of polychrome tiles and similar tilework in tympana of window, a feature
repeated on the garden elevation. On the left hand west side a short screen
wall links the coach house, slate roof with saddlestone to gable, banded red
brick walls.
Listing NGR: SP0571185216
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
One of many Azulejos, found in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Azulejos are a form of Spanish and Portuguese painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework.
They are found on the interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses, schools, and nowadays, restaurants, bars and even railways or subway stations.
They were not only used as an ornamental art form, but also had a specific functional capacity like temperature control in homes.
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The tilework for all Dual Contracts underground stations was essentially the same for both IRT and BMT. This is the BMT's station at Times Square. The IRT's station was just the letter "T" and the Flushing Line had a "TS" designation. June 8, 2014. © 2014 Peter Ehrlich
...Traced from decorative tilework on a building in Isfahan, in 1877. A series of 39 designs was commissioned on behalf of the V&A (then the South Kensington Museum), in order to record this astonishing aspect of the sacred architecture of Safavid Iran, rendered in full scale and in colour. Robert Murdoch Smith and Ernst Hoeltzer, both of whom worked for the Anglo-Persian Telegraph Department, hired a team of Isfahani contractors to produce the paintings, which required "light scaffolding and other mechanical appliances" to reach difficult areas. The designs are painted onto sized paper fixed onto plain canvas, and show the tiled surfaces of walls, window-panels, arches, rib-vaults and even domes, copied from six different religious monuments. The decorative repertoire features a characteristic range of flowers, foliate scrollwork, ogival medallions and lobed cartouches, usually set against a blue background. Although the project was discussed as the documentation of historic Safavid architectural design from the early 17th century, one of the surveyed monuments was very much contemporary: the Masjid-e Sayyid which was built for a powerful landowning family of clerics, known as the Agayan-e Masjid-e Shah.
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Epic Iran
(May - September 2021)
Epic Iran explores 5,000 years of Iranian art, design and culture, bringing together over 300 objects from ancient, Islamic and contemporary Iran.
Iran was home to one of the great historic civilisations, yet its monumental artistic achievements remain unknown to many. Epic Iran explores this civilisation and the country's journey into the 21st century, from the earliest known writing – signalling the beginning of history in Iran – through to the 1979 Revolution and beyond. Ranging from sculpture, ceramics and carpets, to textiles, photography and film, the works in this exhibition reflect the country's vibrant historic culture, architectural splendours, the abundance of myth, poetry and tradition that have been central to Iranian identity for millennia, and the evolving, self-renewing culture evident today.
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Taken in the V&A
I took this photo while wandering aimlessly around Istanbul, Turkey in November 2008. Istanbul is an absolutely fascinating city full of culture, history, and some pretty good food too - what a nice place to visit for a few days.
Now a Peruvian Army Barracks, the former Iquitos Palace Hotel with beautiful balconies and ornate Portuguese and Italian tilework. Built 1908 to 1912.
The use of tilework for the decoration of the walls of mosques and madrasas is one of the features introduced by the Iranian architecture. This calligraphic and floral motifs decorate the tiles of the Khan Madrasa (Theological School), founded by Imam Gholi Khan in Shiraz in the 19th century.
Many many subway stations have nice tilework that stops 10 or 20 feet short of the end of the platform. From there to the end, these stations have similar plain jane ordinary tile. I wonder why this is! I presume it is because trains used to be shorter and they had to extend the platforms, but I just made that up. I actually have no idea.
The platform floors usually have no visible difference, so I guess that doesn't add up.
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Located opposite the Ali minaret, this mausoleum is a pilgrimage site. Opinions differ as to the origin of the person buried here. Nonetheless, the mausoleum created on his grave is believed to be an important vestige of the early Safavid period. The shrine was built in 1512.
A spacious courtyard, lined with pilgrims' lodgings, was added in the 19thC Qajar period. Notable are the arabesque designs of mosaic tilework, kufic inscriptions at the base of the dome and on the portal, and some intriguing murals at the entrance to the shrine (following photos.)
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Brickhouse Tileworks specializes in the design and creation of one-of-a-kind, site-specific works of art. Every tile at Brickhouse is meticulously hand crafted for our customers. Whether you are looking for three-dimensional sculpted-relief, hand painted, mosaic or handmade field tiles, our artists will work with you to meet your specific needs. Add exquisite beauty and personalized style to your home, indoors or out, with Brickhouse tiles.
Brickhouse will create a one of a kind custom look for your kitchen, bathroom, fireplace, pool or anywhere you’d like to personalize your home; and we can also produce breathtaking full mural designs. Work with Brickhouse artists to create custom-designed tiles or select from the original Brickhouse Tile Line. At Brickhouse Tileworks we are dedicated to the design and development of high-quality tiles that are distinctive, one-of-a-kind works of art.
Brickhouse Tileworks specializes in the design and creation of one-of-a-kind, site-specific works of art. Every tile at Brickhouse is meticulously hand crafted for our customers. Whether you are looking for three-dimensional sculpted-relief, hand painted, mosaic or handmade field tiles, our artists will work with you to meet your specific needs. Add exquisite beauty and personalized style to your home, indoors or out, with Brickhouse tiles.
Brickhouse will create a one of a kind custom look for your kitchen, bathroom, fireplace, pool or anywhere you’d like to personalize your home; and we can also produce breathtaking full mural designs. Work with Brickhouse artists to create custom-designed tiles or select from the original Brickhouse Tile Line. At Brickhouse Tileworks we are dedicated to the design and development of high-quality tiles that are distinctive, one-of-a-kind works of art.
Brickhouse Tileworks specializes in the design and creation of one-of-a-kind, site-specific works of art. Every tile at Brickhouse is meticulously hand crafted for our customers. Whether you are looking for three-dimensional sculpted-relief, hand painted, mosaic or handmade field tiles, our artists will work with you to meet your specific needs. Add exquisite beauty and personalized style to your home, indoors or out, with Brickhouse tiles.
Brickhouse will create a one of a kind custom look for your kitchen, bathroom, fireplace, pool or anywhere you’d like to personalize your home; and we can also produce breathtaking full mural designs. Work with Brickhouse artists to create custom-designed tiles or select from the original Brickhouse Tile Line. At Brickhouse Tileworks we are dedicated to the design and development of high-quality tiles that are distinctive, one-of-a-kind works of art.
The Albert keeper squeezes the ball under the stretch of St Anthony's Forward Kyle Brown (9). Royal Albert FC v St Anthony's FC, SJFA, West Region, Central District, Division 2, 8 April 2017, Tileworks Park, Stonehouse, Scotland
It amazes me that such a complex design with myriad minute details would be so far off the ground, where it is virtually impossible to appreciate all it has to offer.
Mosque, Kerman, Iran.
At rest on the beach at Cambois in Northumberland, a brick from Kirkhouse near Brampton on the Northumberland/Cumbria border. The company, originally part of the Naworth Estates and ran in conjunction with the Sandysike yard at Longtown ceased trading in the 1970's, both products being used extensively in post-war house building on Tyneside.
I took this photo while wandering aimlessly around Istanbul, Turkey in November 2008. Istanbul is an absolutely fascinating city full of culture, history, and some pretty good food too - what a nice place to visit for a few days.
تلاش برای اسلامی نشان دادن جلوه های فرهنگی روح والای ایرانی،نه تنها تلاشی دیگر برای تحقیر ایرانیان و دور کردن اعتماد به نفس از ایشان بوده ،بلکه خود ،اثبات کننده دشمنی عاملان این تفکر با خود اسلام بوده است.
در میان کشورهایی که اکثر جمعیت آنان را مسلمانان تشکیل میدهند،هیچکدام به اندازه ایرانیان مشاهیر علمی، تصوفی
،ادبی و هنری به بشریت هدیه نکرده اند.
هنر کاشیکاری بی نظیر ایرانیان ،تنها نمونه ای برای اثبات این مدعاست. مجموع آثار کاشیکاری در کل کشورهای اسلامی از نظر
تعداد ،نصف آنچه که در ایران ساخته شده نبوده است. حال اگر به همین موضوع از نگاه کیفی آثار دقت شود به وضوح تفاوت اعجاب آوری در میان آنها ملاحظه خواهد شد. ایرانی مانند همیشه تاریخ پر افتخار خویش ،در هنر کاشیکاری نیز کیفیت دست نایافتنی خلاقیت خویش را به قضاوت جهانیان گذاشته است. اما جلوه نبوغ ایرانی کار را به همین ها بسنده نکرده است.
او گویا چنین روز هایی را در ضمیر روشن خویش دیده بود که تصمیم میگیرد پیامهای والای خود را در کاشیکاری هایش گنجانده و
آن را زینت سطوح درونی و بیرونی معابد نماید. او که همواره در معرض هجوم اقوام وحشی از اطراف بوده میدانسته که همان اقوام
به دلیل ماهیت وجودی خود دست از دشمنی با ایرانیان بر نخواهند داشت و در هر فرصتی برای غارت مال و ناموس ایرانیان تلاش
خواهند نمود ،چنین بود که اولین نمایشگاههای دایمی فضای باز open air exhibition در ایران بوجود آمد. نمایشگاههایی که
آثار موجود در آن را نه میتوان ربود و نه به شیوه راهزنان معاصر، آنها را به نام خود ثبت کرد.
تلاش برای جدا کردن فرهنگ ایرانیان از ایشان به بهانه اسلام نه تنها جلوه دیگری از دشمن قسم خورده بوده بلکه اثبات کننده
دشمنی عاملان این تفکر با اساس اسلام بوده. تلاشی برای جدا کردن ایرانیان از اسلام که در تاریخ ،زیباترین جلوه های اندیشه
الهی را به دنیا عرضه کرده اند.
Azulejo is a form of Portuguese or Spanish painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tilework. It has become a typical aspect of Portuguese culture, having been produced without interruption for five centuries. There is also a tradition of their production in former Portuguese and Spanish colonies in Latin America and in the Philippines.
In Portugal, azulejos are found on the interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses and even railway stations or subway stations. They constitute a major aspect of Portuguese architecture as they are applied on walls, floors and even ceilings. They were not only used as an ornamental art form, but also had a specific functional capacity like temperature control in homes. Many azulejos chronicle major historical and cultural aspects of Portuguese history.