{"id":"cma-142446","titulo":{"en":"Box Cover with Marine Mythological Scene, Olerys Factory, Moustiers","es":"Tapa para caja con escena mitológica marina, fábrica Olerys, Moustiers"},"titulo_original":"Cover for a Box","autor":"Olerys Factory (French)","fecha":"c. 1750","cultura":"France, Moustier","tecnica":"faience encased with burled wood","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.222.b","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.222.b/1966.222.b_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"Box Cover with Marine Mythological Scene, Olerys Factory, Moustiers","se_ve":"In the foreground, a top-down view of a circular cover facing forward against a dark neutral background. The object combines two materials: a thick outer ring of burled wood in reddish walnut brown, with visible grain, knots and slight age cracks, framing a glossy central ceramic plaque. The plaque is decorated with polychrome enamels. At the center, on blue waters with small white waves, a semi-nude female figure draped in pale yellow and green rests on a shell-shaped chariot pulled by two fantastical sea creatures in orange and purple tones. She is surrounded by tritons and naked children swimming and playing in the water. Above, four pink-skinned winged putti hold an arched golden garland, floating under a light blue sky with white clouds and a radiant yellow sun rising over green hills with a small castle in the distance. The entire medallion is bordered by a continuous floral garland with yellow, orange, purple and blue flowers among green leaves and thin orange lines. Light highlights the glassy glaze of the faience and the warm, grained texture of the wood.","contexto":"According to source data from the Cleveland Museum of Art, this is a cover for a box made around 1750 by the Olerys Factory in Moustiers, France, in fine tin-glazed earthenware known as faience, set in burled wood. Moustiers was one of the most important French faience centers in the 18th century, renowned for its polychrome decoration with mythological and Rococo inspiration. The piece belongs to the Norweb Collection. No detailed original description is recorded, but its technique and style make it a typical example of French decorative arts from the mid-18th century, probably intended to hold small luxury personal items.","como_mirarla":"First notice the contrast between the rustic wooden frame and the bright, colorful surface at the center. Then follow the circular movement of the figures, from the putti at the top to the sea goddess below, to see how water and sky connect the whole scene.","dato_curioso":"Moustiers faience of this period was usually hand-painted with on-glaze enamels before a second firing, which allowed the vivid palette of yellows, blues and purples seen in the floral border and radiant sun.","preguntas":["What story do you think the figures surrounding the central woman in the water are telling?","Why combine a simple material like wood with such elaborate and glossy ceramics?","What feelings does the light color palette and the movement of floating bodies evoke in you?"]},"es":{"titulo":"Tapa para caja con escena mitológica marina, fábrica Olerys, Moustiers","se_ve":"En primer plano, vista cenital de una tapa circular vista de frente sobre fondo oscuro neutro. El objeto combina dos materiales: un anillo exterior grueso de madera veteada color nogal rojizo, con nudos y vetas marcadas y leves grietas por el paso del tiempo, que enmarca una placa central de cerámica brillante. La placa está decorada con esmaltes polícromos. En el centro, sobre aguas azules con pequeñas olas blancas, una figura femenina semidesnuda con manto amarillo pálido y verde, recostada sobre una carroza en forma de concha tirada por dos criaturas marinas fabulosas de tonos naranja y morado. La rodean tritones y niños desnudos que nadan y juegan en el agua. Arriba, cuatro angelotes alados de piel rosada sostienen una guirnalda dorada arqueada, flotando bajo un cielo celeste con nubes blancas y un sol amarillo radiante que asoma sobre colinas verdes con un castillo al fondo. Todo el medallón está rodeado por una cenefa floral continua con flores amarillas, naranjas, moradas y azules entre hojas verdes y finos filetes naranjas. La luz resalta el brillo vidriado de la loza y la textura cálida y granulada de la madera.","contexto":"Según los datos de la fuente del Cleveland Museum of Art, se trata de una tapa para caja realizada hacia 1750 por la fábrica Olerys, en Moustiers, Francia, en loza fina esmaltada conocida como faience, engastada en madera veteada. Moustiers fue uno de los centros más importantes de la loza francesa en el siglo XVIII, famoso por sus decoraciones polícromas de inspiración mitológica y rococó. La pieza pertenece a la colección Norweb. No consta descripción original detallada, pero por su técnica y estilo es un ejemplo típico de artes decorativas francesas de mediados del siglo XVIII, probablemente destinada a guardar pequeños objetos personales de lujo.","como_mirarla":"Observa primero el contraste entre el marco rústico de madera y la superficie brillante y colorida del centro. Luego sigue el movimiento circular de las figuras, desde los angelotes en la parte superior hasta la diosa marina abajo, para descubrir cómo el agua y el cielo conectan toda la escena.","dato_curioso":"La loza de Moustiers de este periodo solía pintarse a mano con esmaltes sobre esmalte antes de una segunda cocción, lo que permitía esa paleta viva de amarillos, azules y morados que se aprecia en la cenefa floral y en el sol radiante.","preguntas":["¿Qué historia crees que cuentan los personajes que rodean a la figura central en el agua?","¿Por qué combinar un material sencillo como la madera con una cerámica tan elaborada y brillante?","¿Qué sensaciones te transmite la paleta de colores claros y el movimiento de los cuerpos flotando?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["decorative arts","faience","earthenware","rococo","18th century","marine mythology","putti","mixed media","burled wood","polychrome","moustiers","floral ornament","luxury box"],"es":["artes decorativas","loza","faience","rococó","siglo xviii","mitología marina","putti","técnica mixta","madera veteada","policromía","moustiers","ornamento floral","caja de lujo"]},"objetos":["tapa circular","marco de madera","placa de cerámica","figura femenina mitológica","carroza de concha","criaturas marinas","tritones","angelotes alados","guirnalda","sol radiante","mar","castillo","cenefa floral"],"colores":["#5B2E14","#F5F0E6","#3A7AC6","#F2C94C","#7AC27A","#8E4A9B"],"animo":["lúdico","luminoso","festivo","delicado"],"epoca":"c. 1750, siglo XVIII, Rococó francés","certeza":"media","advertencias":["desnudo artístico parcial con figuras mitológicas"],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"This lid makes me think of two crafts meeting. On one side there is the reddish walnut grained wooden ring that forms the outer frame, with its knots and cracks that speak of time, and on the other the central plaque of fine tin-glazed earthenware that still keeps its glossy finish. The Olerys factory in Moustiers, around 1750, achieved that vivid polychromy over enamel, with blues, yellows and greens. I am interested in how the contrast is preserved between the warm and grainy quality of the wood and the smooth and shiny surface of the ceramic.","es":"Esta tapa me hace pensar en dos oficios que se encuentran. Por un lado la madera veteada color nogal rojizo que forma el anillo exterior, con sus nudos y grietas que hablan del tiempo, y por otro la placa central de loza fina esmaltada que aún conserva su brillo vidriado. La fábrica Olerys de Moustiers, hacia 1750, logró esa policromía tan viva sobre el esmalte, con azules, amarillos y verdes. Me interesa cómo se conserva el contraste entre lo cálido y granuloso de la madera y lo liso y brillante de la cerámica."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"I keep looking at the sky in this small scene. At the top there is a radiant yellow sun peeking over green hills with a castle in the background, under a light blue sky with white clouds. It is curious that on a luxury box lid from the eighteenth century such a luminous and orderly sky was painted. That sun lights up the blue sea where the figure floats on her shell chariot. To me it is like a small rococo cosmos, where sky and sea mirror each other and everything seems to revolve around light.","es":"Me quedo mirando el cielo de esta pequeña escena. Arriba hay un sol amarillo radiante que asoma sobre colinas verdes con un castillo al fondo, bajo un cielo celeste con nubes blancas. Es curioso que en una tapa para caja de lujo del siglo XVIII se pinte un cielo tan luminoso y ordenado. Ese sol ilumina el mar azul donde nada la figura sobre su carroza de concha. Para mí es como un pequeño cosmos rococó, donde el cielo y el mar se reflejan y todo parece girar alrededor de la luz."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"It looks like a mermaid pool but on a lid! In the center there is a lady with a pale yellow cape lying on a giant shell pulled by two strange orange and purple animals. Around her tritons and naked children swim and at the top four winged babies hold a golden garland as if it were a party. Everything is surrounded by tiny colorful flowers and the frame is made of reddish brown wood. I like it because it is very shiny and it looks like everyone is playing in the water.","es":"¡Parece una alberca de sirenas pero en una tapa! En el centro hay una señora con una capita amarilla acostada en una concha gigante que jalan dos animales raros naranja con morado. Alrededor nadan tritones y niños sin ropa y arriba cuatro bebés con alas sostienen una guirnalda dorada como si fuera una fiesta. Todo está rodeado de florecitas de colores y el marco es de madera café rojiza. Me gusta porque brilla mucho y parece que todos están jugando en el agua."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"How many winged putti hold the golden garland at the top of the plaque?","es":"¿Cuántos angelotes alados sostienen la guirnalda dorada en la parte superior de la placa?"},"pista":{"en":"Look at the light blue sky just below the upper floral border, they are pinkish figures with little wings.","es":"Mira el cielo celeste justo debajo de la cenefa floral superior, son figuras rosadas con alitas."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What shape is the chariot where the central female figure reclines?","es":"¿De qué forma es la carroza donde va recostada la figura femenina del centro?"},"pista":{"en":"It is an object from the sea, light in color, pulled by two fantastic orange and purple creatures.","es":"Es un objeto del mar, de color claro, tirado por dos criaturas fabulosas naranja y morado."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What material is the thick outer ring framing the shiny ceramic made of?","es":"¿De qué material es el anillo exterior grueso que enmarca la cerámica brillante?"},"pista":{"en":"It is reddish walnut in color, with marked grain and visible knots from the passage of time.","es":"Es de color nogal rojizo, con vetas marcadas y nudos visibles por el paso del tiempo."}}],"conexiones":["faience y loza esmaltada francesa","rococó y artes decorativas del siglo XVIII","Moustiers y centros de cerámica europea","mitología marina y tritones","técnica mixta de madera y cerámica","cenefa floral y ornamento","cajas de lujo y objetos personales","putti y angelotes en el arte"]},"salas":[],"escrita_por":"muse-spark-open-1026"}