Tile
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, porcelain, metal or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors,[1] and walls. They have been made for thousands of years.
Tiles can be simple square tiles or arranged in complex mosaics. Tiles are most often made from ceramic, with a hard glaze finish.
At the end of the 20th century, the technology of porcelain and glass tiles advanced, making them cheaper. They became more commonplace.
Roof tiles
Roof tiles are designed mainly to keep out rain, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as clay or slate. Modern materials such as concrete and plastic are also used and some clay tiles have a waterproof glaze.
A large number of shapes (or "profiles") of roof tiles have evolved.
Fired roof tiles are found as early as the 3rd millennium BC in the House of the tiles in Lerna, Greece.[2][3] Debris found at the site contained thousands of terracotta tiles having fallen from the roof.[4] In the Mycenaean period, roofs tiles are documented for Gla and Midea.[5]
Tile Media
Porcelain Bathroom Tiles.
Art Nouveau tiles in Brussels (Belgium)
Relief made with glazed brick tiles, from the Achaemenid decoration of Palace of Darius in Susa.
The Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran
Timurid turquoise-glazed muqarna. First half of the 15th century, Shah-i-Zinda
Two panels of earthenware tiles painted with polychrome glazes over a white glaze. (Iran 19thC)
Phoenix on the portal of Nadir Divan-Beghi Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Zellij tilework in the Palace El-Hedine, Meknes, Morocco
Casa de los Azulejos, Mexico City, 18th century, with azulejos
Medieval encaustic tiles at Cleeve Abbey, England
Making mosaic tiles
References
- ↑ "Tile Flooring". Retrieved 2017-02-06.
- ↑ Joseph W. Shaw, The Early Helladic II Corridor House: Development and Form, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 91, No. 1. (Jan., 1987), pp. 59-79 (59)
- ↑ John C. Overbeck, “Greek Towns of the Early Bronze Age”, The Classical Journal, Vol. 65, No. 1. (Oct., 1969), pp. 1-7 (5)
- ↑ J. L. Caskey, "Lerna in the Early Bronze Age", American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 72, No. 4. (Oct., 1968), pp. 313-316 (314)
- ↑ Ione Mylonas Shear, “Excavations on the Acropolis of Midea: Results of the Greek-Swedish Excavations under the Direction of Katie Demakopoulou and Paul åström”, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 104, No. 1. (Jan., 2000), pp. 133-134
