Saudi Arabia Map - By Manolo Caminos

<body stylesrc="index.htm" bgcolor="#000000">  <p align="center"> </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>Saudi Arabia Kingdom's Map</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><map name="FPMap0_I1"> <area href="coorner.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="3, 213, 71, 416"> </map> <img src="saudi1.jpg" border="0" usemap="#FPMap0_I1" width="72" height="417"></td> <td><map name="FPMap1_I1"> <area href="pera.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="13, 313, 58, 375"> <area href="centro.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="5, 65, 71, 142"> <area href="makkah.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="34, 146, 71, 267"> <area href="coorner.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="1, 214, 71, 416"> </map> <img rectangle="(34,146) (71,267) makkah.htm##main" rectangle="(1,214) (71,416) coorner.htm##main" src="saudi2.jpg" border="0" usemap="#FPMap1_I1" width="72" height="417"></td> <td><map name="FPMap2_I1"> <area href="mesquita.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="39, 332, 88, 386"> <area href="escudo.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="48, 7, 88, 65"> <area href="centro.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="2, 80, 72, 143"> <area href="makkah.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="0, 145, 79, 265"> </map> <img rectangle="(2,80) (72,143) centro.htm##main" rectangle="(0,145) (79,265) makkah.htm##main" src="saudi3.jpg" border="0" width="89" height="417" usemap="#FPMap2_I1"></td> <td><map name="FPMap3_I1"> <area href="camel.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="7, 129, 79, 181"> <area href="mesquita.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="1, 336, 64, 385"> <area href="escudo.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="2, 6, 50, 62"> <area href="seahorse.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="69, 290, 88, 387"> </map> <img rectangle="(2,6) (50,62) escudo.htm##main" rectangle="(69,290) (88,387) seahorse.htm##main" src="saudi4.jpg" border="0" usemap="#FPMap3_I1" width="90" height="417"></td> <td><map name="FPMap4_I1"> <area href="seahorse.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="1, 286, 89, 392"> <area href="flag.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 51, 87, 108"> </map> <img src="saudi5.jpg" border="0" usemap="#FPMap4_I1" width="90" height="417"></td> <td><map name="FPMap5_I1"> <area href="seahorse.htm" target="main" shape="rect" coords="1, 302, 15, 355"> </map> <img src="saudi6.jpg" border="0" usemap="#FPMap5_I1" width="65" height="417"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#FFFF00" face="Galliard BT"><strong>(122 cm X 139 cm)<br> Phirograved (fire engraved) leather map by Manolo Caminos</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><div align="center"><center><table border="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000040"> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="frames1.htm"><font color="#FFFF80"><strong>P</strong></font><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>lease visit the Main Page</strong></font></a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p align="center"><font color="#FFFF00"><strong><u>ENGRAVED LEATHER MAP</u></strong><strong><br> </strong></font><font color="#FFFF00" size="2"><strong>SIZE: 122 CM x 139 CM</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>The map is a portrait of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Manolo Caminos did reserch in his Braziliam ateliê from books and old maps given to him by the Saudi Braziliam Embassy in 1991.</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>On the leather, his hand-made tools and well-practiced fire-engraving technique render a surface wich looks like old, sometimes yellowed scroll paper. It's protected against time, wheather and insects with a special and ancient egipcian wax.</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>The phirograf is an electric burn pencil that is impossible to eraser. Only with fire. Then, no mistakes are required to draw with it.</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>The artist tryed to show , with marvelously detailed the grandiose Arabian writing; the Muslim inheritance; the tradicional buildings in the Central Province; the Nabataean antiquities at Madain Salih; Makkah, the spiritual capital; Al-Harram Mosque, which embraces the Holy Kaaba; Medina and the Messenger's mosque; the falconry; the ports, oil fields, water holes, etc.</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>Manolo Caminos usually works in his studio at home in the posh Brazilian peninsula town of Búzios.</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>He got his start doing decorative map-portraits of islands off the coast of Rio de Janeiro owned by the wealthy. He made them more than geographical renderings. He wove into the landscape of the maps their history and tradition.</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>His patrons have been rich and royal: King Hussein of Jordan, Lee Rdzwill and Ivo Pitanguy, a renowned Brazilian plastic surgeon who doubles as director of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro.</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><strong>For this artist map-gazer, the Arabian prints, the nautical simbols, coats, emblems and symbolism make for an authentic flavor.</strong></font></p> <div style="position: absolute; width: 164px; height: 13px; z-index: 1; left: 570px; top: 1115px" id="camada1" align="center"> <font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF" style="font-size: 8pt">Participante da</font><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" style="font-size: 8pt"> <u> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.buziosturismo.com/index.htm"> <font color="#99CCFF" face="Arial" style="font-size: 8pt">buziosturismo.com</font></a></u></font></div>  </body>