Menton , french Riviera |
Art Nouveau and Art Déco mosaïc , tiles and ceramic works .
mercredi 22 février 2017
lundi 13 février 2017
samedi 17 décembre 2016
Immeuble Plessis
The Plessis Building(Rue Baudrière in angers ) is built between 1939 and 1940 for François Plessis, a baker. This building is designed by architect Georges Montier. The mosaics of porcelain stoneware are made by Pierre De Guisti. Their signatures is on the front...
jeudi 8 décembre 2016
Blue fountain.
In 1931, under the direction of the architect Henri Jamard, the mosaicist Isidore Odorico completely revamps the facade of this bistro on the Place du Ralliement in Angers (now less visible from the street, sheltered under a veranda) in a pure Art-Deco style. The year Next he opened a branch of his workshop ofRennes in Angers.
mardi 1 novembre 2016
Notre Dame de toute grâce.
The church of Notre-Dame de Toute Grâce du Plateau d'Assy (Our Lady Full of Grace ) is a Roman Catholic church built on the plateau d'Assy between 1937 and 1946, in a aera dedicated to sanatoriums and healing institutions built in ethe 20's and 30's to cure tubercolusis and other diseases before antibiotics spread. It faces Mont Blanc. The church is unique for its decoration, designed by some of the best-known artists of the twentieth century. It is also viewed as an important step in the development of modern sacred art, although its consecration in 1950 raised some consternation within the french clergy....
The facade is decorated by mosaïcs made after a drawing of famous painter Fernand Léger.
Mirror of justice |
samedi 3 septembre 2016
Tonnelle et Charmille..
lundi 1 août 2016
La Rotonde
This building , located boulevard Gambetta in Nice, is the 1929 work of Georges Dikanski. Called "La Rotonde", it is a fine piece of Art Déco style...
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