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This Tuesday 20 December will be the inauguration of the last exhibition of the program of commemorative events of the Year of Modernism, Nolla mosaic and bourgeois housing Cartagena.
A legacy of exception, which can be visited in the Palacio Molina.
An act that will take place at 19.30 hours and will be in charge of the mayor, José López.
The exhibition, which will remain from December 20 to January 20 at Palacio Molina, traces the history of the company, the product, as well as the aesthetics of the Nolla mosaics.
It also proposes to approach the Palauet Nolla, the place chosen by the founder to be the sample of his product.
Nolla mosaics are the symbol of a new industrial, social and artistic stage, which began in 1860 in Meliana, Valencia, with the production of a material that will revolutionize both the field of ceramics in Spain and the decorative canons of the second Half of the s.
XIX and early 20th century.
Composed of thousands of tiny pieces of color, the large "carpets" proposed by Miguel Nolla were quickly introduced into the houses and palaces of the high society of all Europe, imposing itself as the aesthetic reference for pavements.
The elegance of the designs, the strength of the colors, and the extreme resistance of the first Spanish high-performance ceramic, precursor of the current porcelain stoneware, ensured an immediate success to these mosaics, which also arrived in Cartagena, where the rich modernist architecture , The purchasing power of the local bourgeoisie and the vitality of municipal activity at the turn of the century provided a perfect showcase for this product, both for its quality and for the large sample that houses the city.
The exhibition is organized by the City of Cartagena;
The Area of ​​Culture and Heritage directed by Ricardo Segado;
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport;
The National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuous Arts González Martí;
The Center for Research and Dissemination of Ceramics Nolla (CIDCeN) and Arae Patrimonio y Restauración, SLP, with the collaboration of the Beltrí Commission 2012 and JARM, architecture and photography, and was curated by Xavier Laumain, President of CIDCeN, Ángela López Sabater, of ARAE Restoration and Patrimony and the cartagenero José Antonio Rodríguez Martín (JARM), vice-president of the Commission Beltrí 2012.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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