1. Architectural Tile and Ornament
Ceramics 1

2. Nara, Japan 1200-1400 CE Roof top of a shrine
Nara, Japan CE Roof top of a shrine. The central tile is press molded as are the round circles below.

3. Wat Benchamabophit, Dusit, Thailand, 1899

5. Tondo (round architectural ornament), Andrea Della Robbia
Tondo (round architectural ornament), Andrea Della Robbia. Italian Renaissance, 1400s. Most of the raised items are press molded.

6. Luca Della Robbia

7. Palacio Frontiera, Lisbon, Portugal, 1600s
Palacio Frontiera, Lisbon, Portugal, 1600s. Painted rather than press molded tile

10. Delft Tile, Holland, painted with cobalt over white glaze.

11. Mexican Ultra Baroque, San Francisco Acatepec, 1640-1750

12. All the scrollwork you see
here is produced using molds.
Most of these pieces
are plaster, but all began
with a clay prototype
(first piece) from which
a mold was taken.

14. Adriana Varejao Varejao’s work deals with the historical
meat (the mortal lives, the pain
and suffering) that lie behind
historical architecture and.
She is a Brazilian artist. The work is often
about the history of European colonization
of the Americas. If you aren’t aware,
European (whether Portuguese, Spanish,
or English) colonization was brutal,
slave labor.

15. Adriana Varejaao, For an installation in Japan

16. Martina Lantin Lantin is a contemporary artist interested in historic ornamentation. These are press molded ceramic tiles.

17. Arts and Crafts Movement 1900-1920 Charles Rennie MacIntosh Tile
Arts and Crafts Movement Charles Rennie MacIntosh Tile. The Arts and Crafts Movement sought to bring art into everyday life from tiles to wallpaper.

18. Art Nouveau Tile. The Art Nouveau style is marked by the curving lines of vegetation.

19. Complex tile patterns from Uzbekistan

20. More Uzbek Tile – Your tile does not have to be square.

21. Pewabic Pottery Tiles, Arts and Crafts Movement

22. Jason Green, contemporary tile installation

23. Another Jason Green tile, press molded.