| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 西班牙語文學系碩士班 === 106 === Seville is regarded as a historic and cultural city in Spain. Dominated by Moors for years, Seville has been integrated with Moorish cultural heritage or relics. In response to tiles, which maps out the footprints of the city and is engraved via ancient ages, the ceramic tiles afterwards are formed through sintering process in raging fire. The exquisite tiles act as one-of-kind icon in Seville historic heritage in terms of historical processes as well widespread distribution to each corner of the city. The ceramic tiles even represent native crafts and arts in Seville. Take Triana district for instance, it plays a vital center in traditional pottery in Seville. By means of cultural magnificence, Triana’s unique decoration, and spatio-temporal characteristics are subtly infused into the construction; all of which contribute to an icon of the Times with a uniqueness of elegance as well as its immense influence. Therefore, ceramic tiles have become not only the proper name for Seville (or Triana), but also a symbol of the society. In 1929, the chief architect Aníbal González, who is considered "Gaudí of Seville" designed The Spanish Square in Seville for the Ibero-American Exposition. Aníbal González employed art elements to decorate the square like ceramic tiles that turned into the crucial factor in decorating constructions. The artistic merit of ceramic tiles in the construction were re-defined, even becoming the unique symbol in Spanish culture. The 48 ceramic tile alcoves in the plaza indicate a wide diversity of styles and historical events in different periods in Seville. They also represent each city’s historical and cultural elegance in Spain, even becoming a crucial city image of Seville. After this Exposition filled with exquisite and splendid arts, Seville, once a city filled with malaise, comes back to the international stage again.
The study employs literary-citation analysis to sort out tile’s evolution from different cultures and, based on E. Panofsky’s iconology, to analyze the 48 ceramic tile alcoves in The Spanish Square. The representative subjects from 48 ceramic tile alcoves can be divided into four categories: historical events, political issues, religious topics, and cultural education. And, the photographs regarding historic events contains a lot than the other three categories. It is notable that the historical events are closely engaged with most of the provinces in Spain. Moreover, 48 decorative tiles crafts are examined so as to highlight the phases of exquisite manufacturing craftsmanship or ceramic-tile painting skills, both of which are sharply fused not only into each province’s history features but also into the grandeur in Spain. In addition, the ceramic tile art successfully promotes Spain to the world, turning Spanish culture into an image of artistic heritage. Consequently, the Spanish style appears unique and impressive in the World Exposition.
The study concludes with a discussion about the unique artistic totems along with cultural implications of each province. Also, readers are even guided to glimpse an artistic image of ceramic tiles decoration on the classical architecture as well as to grasp the heritage of renaissance throughout Seville, Spain.
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