Maiolica Before Raphael
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1911300202 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"It has been years since such a beautiful, scholarly dealer’s catalogue landed on my desk, and a century since any serious study addressed its subject." (Apollo)“Magnificent catalog … for all ceramic collectors and lovers: not to miss!” (VIND)"Maiolica Before Raphael is the first of its kind anywhere for a century." (Country Life)A scholarly study of late medieval and early Renaissance maiolica, the (largely overlooked) period when Italian potters first began to experiment with the ceramic ware’s characteristic tin-based glaze and patterns inspired by goods from Islamic Spain (Crafts, July/August 2017)
This istoriato, or narrative, maiolica graces the collections of many of the world’s greatest museums. Illustrating and describing in-depth over forty rare objects from the foremost centers of production that have survived in private hands, this catalogue discusses the spread and evolution of the medium, as well as the history of collecting and the changing taste for Italian pre-Renaissance pottery during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.. 1350 up until 1500, a period which engendered some of the most rapid and exciting innovations in all ceramic art, before maiolica’s better known heyday in the High Renaissance. It was during this formative period that its characteristic tin-based glaze, with the pure and brilliant white surface it offered the late-medieval potter, engendered some of the most rapid and exciting innovations in all ceramic art. But not for almost 100 years has attention been focused on magnificent works that preceded it in the 14th and 15th centuries, which were at times prized by contemporary
Internationally renowned Italian maiolica scholar