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GIS-based inventory for safeguarding and promoting Portuguese glazed tiles cultural heritage
Heritage Science, 2023 Innovative, non-invasive, digital, and cost-effective instruments for systematic inventory, monitoring and promotion are a valuable resource for managing tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Bertha Santos +3 more
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Antisymmetry in Portuguese Ceramic Tile Facades
Symmetry: Art and Science | 12th SIS-Symmetry Congress, 2022 In this work we explore the presence of antisymmetry in Portuguese ceramic tile facades, showing examples from different styles and different antisymmetry groups. We further present some experiments with school children who explored symmetry and antisymmetry in a creative way. Children used a particular tile design, the Truchet tile, to create specific
Nunes, João +2 more
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Technical, Environmental, and Cost Assessment of Granite Sludge Valorisation
Applied Sciences, 2023 The granite sludge (GS) produced during block sawing can be exploited as alternative raw material in ceramic and concrete industries. Based on the case study of a Portuguese granite processing plant, this work analysed, by experimental tests and ...
Elena Surra +7 more
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Filling and retouching techniques in outdoor tiles with saline efflorescence problems. A case study
Ge-conservación, 2020 This article will be focusing on a retouching conservation and restoration treatment, of two figurative ceramic tiles panels belonging to the Baroque artistic period.
Sara Araújo
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Micro-XRF for characterization of Moroccan glazed ceramics and Portuguese tiles [PDF]
Journal of Instrumentation, 2013 A set of enamelled terracotta samples (Zellij) collected from five different monuments in Morocco were object of study. With the aim of characterizing these typically Moroccan artistic objects, X-ray spectroscopic techniques were used as analytical tool to provide elemental and compound information.
Guilherme, A. +8 more
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Journal of Daylighting, 2020 The need to reduce energy consumptions in buildings brings modern research to focus on the use of natural sources. In this context, the interest towards traditional architecture has been fueled, since one of the characteristics identifying it is the ...
Laura Bellia +2 more
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Safeguarding Portuguese traditional glazed tile cultural heritage with GIS
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020 Abstract The Portuguese word for traditional glazed tile is “azulejo” and derives from the Arabic “azuleicha”, meaning ‘small polished stone’. Deeply embedded in Portugal’s history and culture, there are countless valuable examples of traditional glazed tiles all around the country that are a significant part of the Portuguese cultural ...
Bertha Santos +3 more
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17th Century patterned azulejos from the Monastery of Santa Marta, in Lisbon
Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts, 2012 This article is about the Portuguese tilemaking of the former Monastery of Santa Marta de Jesus, currently Hospital of Santa Marta, still in situ. The main goal is the study of the patterned tiles from the 17th century, exploring the documentation as ...
Rosário Salema de Carvalho +6 more
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A Pátria aos quadrados: Joaquim de Vasconcelos (1849-1936) painéis identitários [PDF]
, 2018 Considered the founder of Art History in Portugal with a rigorous method, Joaquim de Vasconcelos was also a Musicologist, Museologist, Teacher and Professor, Art Critic and a "champion" of visual transmission “systems” like Photography and Drawing.
Leandro, Sandra
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PERFIL TECNOLÓGICO DOS AZULEJOS PORTUGUESES DA PRIMEIRA METADE DO SÉCULO XVIII EM PERNAMBUCO
Clio Arqueológica, 2016 Este artigo apresenta os resultados obtidos na tentativa de associar o mapeamento de danos dos azulejos históricos das igrejas em Pernambuco ao seu perfil tecnológico.
Henry Sócrates Lavalle Sullasi +3 more
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