THE AZULEJO AS COLONIAL SYMBOL OF POWER: A DECONSTRUCTION THROUGH SUGAR AND ART

I create murals that look like azulejos, depicting caravels and many decorative features seen in traditional azulejos, but my murals are made entirely of sugar. I make the sugar tiles and hand paint them with edible inks. I am interested in the azulejo, specifically with imagery of ships, as a symbo...

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Main Author: Shelley Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ARTIS- Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa 2018-12-01
Series:Art is on
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Online Access:http://artison.letras.ulisboa.pt/index.php/ao/article/view/220