Mosaics in Mexico
Subtitle: the Perdomo family's workshop
By: Miguel ÁngelFernández ; translated by Michelle Suderman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Artes de México; Taller Familia Perdomo
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mexico City; Cuernavaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789706831569
Subjects: Mosaicos Venicianos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.; Mosaics -- Mexico -- 20th century.
Work titles: Mosaico en México.
Description: The author presents the history evolution of the mosaic production since ancient Greek and Roman tiles and Pre-Columbian mosaic pieces along the history of "Mosaicos Venicianos de Mexico", a factory and workshop owned and operated by the Perdomo family for over 50 years. In the workshop located in Cuernavaca (state of Morelos, Mexico) several generations of mosaicists have produced glass Byzantine mosaic tiles while upholding the highs tandards of the traditional craft of the tesserae with extraordinary examples of contemporary mosaic art displayed in murals and architectural ornamentation. The company has participated with artists Jose Chavez Morado, Diego Rivera, Juan O'Gorman, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Francisco Eppens amongst others in the creation of monumental public mosaic murals"--Provided by vendor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]).