Brought to Spain in the thirteenth century by Islamic artisans, the
enameled earthenware known as mayA3lica is decorated with a lead
glaze to which tin oxide is added to create an opaque white
surface. By the fifteenth century, several areas in Spain were well
known throughout Europe for the quality of these ceramics, and with
Spainas expansion into the New World the mayA3lica tradition came
into Mexico. There it underwent further changes, notably the use of
indigenous design motifs and patterns inspired by Chinese
porcelain. Over the next three centuries, the potters of New Spain
produced ceramics characterized by a distinctive mestizo aesthetic.
This tradition continues today in both Mexico and Spain.
Assembled in connection with a major exhibition at the Museum of
International Folk Art in Santa Fe, this book moves discussion of
mayA3lica beyond its stylistic merits in order to understand it in
historic and cultural context. The contributors, specialists in art
and art history, architecture, anthropology, archaeology, and the
folk arts, place the ceramics in history and daily life,
illustrating their place in trade and economics. Examining both
historic and contemporary examples, they also take us into the
pottersa workshops.
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