{"id":873,"date":"2020-07-17T03:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/?page_id=873"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:26:43","slug":"the-discontinued-cities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/en\/the-discontinued-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The discontinued cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-873 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Longquan-River.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Longquan-River.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Longquan-River.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Longquan-River-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Longquan-River-1024x483.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Longquan-River-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Longquan-River-700x330.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-Longquan-River-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-Longquan-River-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-Longquan-River-1.jpg 785w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-Longquan-River-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-Longquan-River-1-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-Longquan-River-1-700x408.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2038'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Longquan River<\/strong><br> Porcelana y esmalte celadon<br> 45 x 30 x 11 cm.<br> 2024<br> Colecci\u00f3n Taoxichuan Art Center, Longquan, China\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-New-Longquan-City.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-New-Longquan-City.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-New-Longquan-City.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-New-Longquan-City-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-New-Longquan-City-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-New-Longquan-City-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-New-Longquan-City-700x477.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-The-New-Longquan-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-The-New-Longquan-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-The-New-Longquan-1.jpg 795w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-The-New-Longquan-1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-The-New-Longquan-1-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-The-New-Longquan-1-700x556.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2040'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>The New Longquan City<\/strong><br> Porcelana y esmalte celadon<br> 31 x 19 x 7 cm.<br> 2024<br> Colecci\u00f3n Taoxichuan Art Center, Longquan,China.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-brigh.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-brigh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-brigh.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-brigh-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-brigh-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-brigh-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-brigh-700x326.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9-The-Brigh-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9-The-Brigh-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9-The-Brigh-1.jpg 392w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9-The-Brigh-1-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2042'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>The Brigh<\/strong><br> Porcelana y esmalte celad\u00f3n<br> 30 x 15 x 8,5 cm.<br> 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-horno.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-horno.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-horno.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-horno-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-horno-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-horno-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-horno-700x326.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1945'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>La ciudad horno<\/strong><br> Terracotta<br> 32,7 x 25,6 x 15,2 cm.<br> 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-volcan.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-volcan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-volcan.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-volcan-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-volcan-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-volcan-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/la-ciudad-volcan-700x465.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1947'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>La Ciudad del volc\u00e1n<\/strong><br> Terracotta<br> 37 x 24,6 x 8,5 cm.<br> 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Number-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Number-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Number-3.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Number-3-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Number-3-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Number-3-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Number-3-700x447.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1951'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Number 3, 6 next to the River<\/strong><br> Stoneware 1220\u00baC<br> White glazes black stain<br> 30 x 24 x 6 cm.<br> 2025<br> Collection No.7 Shiwan China Ceramic Art Research<br> Base. Foshan, China.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-bridge.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-bridge.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-bridge.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-bridge-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-bridge-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-bridge-700x418.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1953'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>The Bridge<\/strong><br> Stoneware 1220\u00baC<br> 22 x 20 x 7 cm.<br> 2025<br> Shiwan, Foshan, China.<br>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-La-Ciudad-apagada.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-La-Ciudad-apagada.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-La-Ciudad-apagada.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-La-Ciudad-apagada-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-La-Ciudad-apagada-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-La-Ciudad-apagada-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-La-Ciudad-apagada-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-419'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>The Extinguished City<\/strong><br> Stoneware, iron, and found objects 1000\u00b0C.<br> 23 x 23 x 48 cm.<br> 1998\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-La-Ciudad-del-Silencio.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-La-Ciudad-del-Silencio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-La-Ciudad-del-Silencio.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-La-Ciudad-del-Silencio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-La-Ciudad-del-Silencio-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-La-Ciudad-del-Silencio-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-La-Ciudad-del-Silencio-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-420'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>The City of Silence<\/strong><br> Stoneware, iron, and found objects<br> 30 x 28 x 20 cm. 1000\u00b0C.<br> 2000\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-La-ciudad-del-Ruido-II.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-La-ciudad-del-Ruido-II.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-La-ciudad-del-Ruido-II.jpg 648w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-La-ciudad-del-Ruido-II-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-421'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>The City of Noise II<\/strong><br> Mixed media, iron and stoneware with glazes<br> 35 x 23 x 31 cm 1200\u00b0C.<br> 2002\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-La-ciudad-blanca.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-La-ciudad-blanca.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-La-ciudad-blanca.jpg 720w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-La-ciudad-blanca-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-La-ciudad-blanca-700x689.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-422'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>The White City<\/strong><br> Stoneware, refractory clay, and white glazes<br> 35 x 23 x 31 cm 1400\u00b0C.<br> 2002\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-La-Ciudad-Continua.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-La-Ciudad-Continua.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-La-Ciudad-Continua.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-La-Ciudad-Continua-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-La-Ciudad-Continua-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-La-Ciudad-Continua-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xaviermonsalvatje.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-La-Ciudad-Continua-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-423'>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sargadelos Factory Collection<\/strong><br> The Continuous City<br> Stoneware, iron, glass, clock, and found objects<br> 47 x 27 x 43 cm. 1000\u00b0C.<br> 1998\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\u201cThe shape of a city remains when the social substance that gave it life has disappeared. Therefore, formally, the city is also history in itself. The city in which we live always has a relic character. The most profane city is in some way the sacred place where ancestors are worshiped. But from the artistic point of view, this ongoing occurance, that is the city itself, can not allow the maturation of the plastic to occur with due calm . The city has always been and will be, by the nature of its essence, artfully fragmented, tumultuous and unfinished. We do not find that definitive and round form, that yearns for the aesthetic feeling . So every city is, aesthetically speaking, a frustration.<\/p>\n<p>The man who has succeeded so perfectly in the field of beauty, has failed to create the beautiful city, despite so many great efforts. This is perceived by any aesthetic temperament that travels and tours the cities of the globe. All eventually leave in their spirit, some more than others, a painful dissatisfaction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Fernando Chueca Goita<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>A Brief History of Urbanization<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[vc_separator type=&#8217;transparent&#8217; position=&#8217;center&#8217; color=&#8221; thickness=&#8221; up=&#8217;20&#8217; down=&#8217;20&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city is something more than a set of individual men and of social conveniences-streets, buildings, electric lights, tramways, and telephones, etc.; something more, also, than a mere constellation of institutions and administrative devices.<\/p>\n<p>The city is a state of mind, a body of customs and traditions, and of organized attitudes and sentiments that inhere in this tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The city, is not merely a physical mechanism and an artificial construction. It is involved in the vital processes of the people who compose it, it is a product of nature and particularly of human nature\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Robert E. Park<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The City: Suggestions for the Study of<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Human Nature in the Urban Environment<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[vc_separator type=&#8217;small&#8217; position=&#8217;center&#8217; color=&#8217;#ccc&#8217; thickness=&#8221; up=&#8217;30&#8217; down=&#8217;30&#8217;]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is in this project, where the drawing is transformed into a model, just like a game in which the planning and arrangement of space is developed. Urbanism stands as a primary influence on the growth of cities from industrialization. Consequently, these pieces become dreamlike landscapes that are the counterpoint to the Forgotten Landscapes project.[vc_separator type=&#8217;transparent&#8217; position=&#8217;center&#8217; color=&#8221; thickness=&#8221; up=&#8221; down=&#8221;] These models, in this case, about architecture or industrial space, made in ceramics, suggest the idea of being in the presence of an archaeological element, since throughout history, scale models have always been a primary means of representation. The Vikings already used models to elaborate the construction methods of their boats and, therefore, they constituted the frst step for any project. The ancient Romans, Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Incas, Mayans and virtually all civilizations have used models to represent the real possibilities of action, as well as spiritual representation of the home where souls can fnd refuge or settle elsewhere. In turn the model becomes a game and an exploration<br \/>\nof the imagination and perhaps a scale model of an illusion, of a narrative.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;] [\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\u201cThe shape of a city remains when the social substance that gave it life has disappeared. Therefore, formally, the city is also history in itself. 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