The Exhibition Potential of Stove Tiles (on the Example of the Tile Workshop in Banská Bystrica) Cover Image

Výstavný potenciál kachlíc (na príklade banskobystrickej kachliarskej dielne)
The Exhibition Potential of Stove Tiles (on the Example of the Tile Workshop in Banská Bystrica)

Author(s): Jana Garaiová
Subject(s): History, Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science
Published by: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: museum; artefact; exhibition; stove tile; tiled stove; stove tile workshop;

Summary/Abstract: Contribution provides a picture of the current museum practice in the exhibition of historical tiles (from stoves). Tiles, which are the basic building element of a tiled stove, were not created as an autonomous artwork, but rather as a technical element with decoration. Today, finds of tiles are exhibited as separate artistically decorated objects in museums. Their decorative component makes them interesting from an art-historical, iconological, and historical point of view. However, when they are not part of a suitable exhibition, their context disappears. Historic tiles are often exhibited together with archaeological finds (even the decorated ones), with a minimal amount of information, and their potential from an art-historical point of view remains unused. They have a great potential in terms of the possibility of connecting art-historical and historical contexts.

  • Issue Year: 27/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 269-286
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak
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