Navigatio Sancti, Brendanni Abbatis - Lisboa, Portugal
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Tile Panel based on an ancient script by the Abbot of Breda. It´sa work of Portuguese artist Ilda David.
Waymark Code: WMDAV2
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/16/2011
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Panel of tiles with 3x9 mts based on the theme of an ancient script of the Abbot of Breda where you can make several parallels with texts of classical antiquity (Virgil and Ovid in particular) and Christian (the literature of conventual navegatio). This travelogue also contain allusions to the biblical tradition, the Arab tales of adventure and the Persian myths.
Techniques have been used on the lining reproducing the effect of cracked tiles.
The panel is a work from the Portuguese artist Ilda David.
Text adapted from Lisboa patrimonio Cultural and Portal das Nações.
City: Lisboa
Location Name: Parque das Nações between Passeio das Musas and Rua dos Argonautas
Artist: Ilda David
Date: 1998
Media: Hand Painted Tiles
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