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Tile History: A Brief Presentation, Virginia Raguin
Tile History: A Brief Presentation, Virginia Raguin
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Slide presentation used to introduce the art and history of ceramic tiling to participants who worked on Lungs of the Planet, a tile mural created as a collaborative art project by students in the Natural World Cluster of the Monserrat First Year Program at the College of the Holy Cross. The project was led by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the College. Particpants included students, faculty, staff and community members.
The presentation includes photographic examples of ceramic tiling in architecture located in Jerusalem and Istanbul.