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Author(s): Vojtěch Nosek
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Visual Arts, Middle Ages, Methodology and research technology, History of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: medieval and modern ceramic production; artefacts; fragmentary material; motif of Adoration of the Christ Child; Tile stove;
Summary/Abstract: One of the most representative commodities of the medieval and modern ceramic production are relief-decorated stove tiles, in which we can follow up the content and symbolism of decoration motifs as an evidence of material and spiritual culture at the time of their origin. From a technological point of view, it is possible to define the development of production procedures, both in the construction of tiles themselves, and in the construction of entire heating devices. However, problems arise when we try to find out how technological novelties and relief motifs have spread among stove builders. Apart from natural scientific analyses, which have long been used to solve this question (e. g. Loskotová–Hložek 2017), we also searched for the possibilities of analysing the relief decoration on tiles from a technological and not from an art historical perspective. For this purpose, we had to document the reliefs in order to obtain exact data, which were not yet provided by the standard methods of archaeological research.

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