Don Quixote
by Mary Machare
Title
Don Quixote
Artist
Mary Machare
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
This tile work celebrates the story of Don Quixote, the protagonist of the Spanish novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. This grouping of tiles found inside a restaurant in Triana, located east of the Guadalquivir River, across from Seville.
Anyone who has visited southern Spain cannot help to admire the beautiful ceramic tile work which is everywhere, on he interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses, schools, and nowadays, restaurants, bars and even railways or subway stations.
Much of the tile work is Azulejo, a form of Spanish and Portuguese painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework. 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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March 5th, 2018
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Comments (12)
Greta Foose
Don Quixote is one of my favorite characters, this tile work is a wonderful tribute to the man tilting at windmills.
Aurelio Zucco
Wow...excellent find and capture, Mary! This would add such a touch of class and sophistication to any wall it graces...L/F
Miroslava Jurcik
I remember his story still from school, and love this capture and amazing tile !!! l/f
Reynold Jay
I saw a list with Don Quixote as being the #1 classic book of all time. Love all that you do. FAVORITE!
Nancy Kane Chapman
What beautiful tile work and story! The colors are bold and unique...love the pink with dark green! F/L++
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