Robin Farwell. Gavin, Donna Pierce & Alfonso Pleguezuelo (ed.). Ceramica y cultura: the story of Spanish and Mexican mayolica.

Robin Farwell. Gavin, Donna Pierce & Alfonso Pleguezuelo (ed.). Ceramica y cultura: the story of Spanish and Mexican mayolica. ROBIN FARWELL. GAVIN, DONNA PIERCE & ALFONSO PLEGUEZUELO (ed.).Ceramica y cultura: the story of Spanish and Mexican mayolica,xxviii+356 pages, 267 colour & b&w figures. 2003. Albuquerque(NM): University of New Mexico Press The University of New Mexico Press, founded in 1929, is a university press that is part of the University of New Mexico. External linkUniversity of New Mexico Press ; 0-8263-3101-7 hardback,0-8263-3102-5 paperback. Majolica majolica(məjŏl`ĭkə, məyŏl`–)or maiolica(məyŏl`ĭkə)[from Majorca], type of faience usually associated with wares produced in Spain, Italy, and Mexico. is that distinctive pottery and tilework opaquely glazedwith lead and tin over bright ornamentation. Dr GAVIN accounts for thecraft's Arab origins. Seven of his contributors consider its longbut unsteady development in Spain, while the other seven cover thetransfer of potting to Mexico following the Spanish Conquest, and theadaption adaptionsee adaptation. there of majolica, including influences (if not immigrants)brought by the Spaniards from across the Pacific (cp. SCHIFFER in'Technology', below). This seductively produced book is mostappropriately elegante y delicioso.