Italian maiolica and other early modern ceramics in the Courtauld Gallery /

Italian maiolica and other early modern ceramics in the Courtauld Gallery /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sani, Elisa Paola, author.
Imprint:	London : The Courtauld : Paul Holberton Publishing, 2023. ©2023
Description:	335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 30 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Courtauld Institute Galleries -- Catalogs. Courtauld Institute Galleries Majolica, Italian -- England -- London -- Catalogs. Majolica, Renaissance -- Italy -- Catalogs. Majolica, Italian Majolica, Renaissance Italy Catalogs
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13440348

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Other authors / contributors:	Courtauld Institute Galleries, owner, issuing body.
ISBN:	1913645169 9781913645168
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and indexes.
Summary:	This is the first catalogue of the collection of early modern ceramics in the Courtauld. The pieces in the collection showcase brilliantly the skill of potters and pottery painters working at the time of Raphael and Titian. Maiolica is one of the most revealing expressions of Renaissance art. Its extraordinary range of colours retain the vividness that they had when they left the potter's kiln. Italian potters absorbed techniques and shapes from the Islamic world and incorporated ornament and subject matter from the arts of ancient Rome. This new approach to pottery making, combined with the invention of printing, woodcut and engraving, resulted in an extraordinary type of painted pottery, praised by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists for 'surpassing the ancient with its brilliance of glaze and variety of painting'. The collection boasts a magnificent group of vessels made during the high Renaissance, the golden age of Italian maiolica. It includes precious and delicate Deruta lustreware with imagery deriving from Perugino and Raphael, as well as vessels painted in a narrative style of pottery painting known as istoriato. Highlights include vessels depicting episodes taken from the first printed Bibles of the Renaissance. Istoriato maiolica flourished particularly in the lands of the Dukes of Urbino, who promoted this craft by sending painted pottery to prestigious patrons across Europe.

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Summary:	A lavish showcase of the works of the skilled potters and pottery painters of the early modern period. <br> <br> <br> <br> Maiolica, the pottery of the Italian Renaissance, is one of the most revealing artistic expressions of the era, known for extraordinary colors that remain vivid centuries later. Italian potters absorbed techniques and shapes from the Islamic world and incorporated ornament and subject matter from the arts of ancient Rome. This new approach to pottery making, combined with the invention of printing, woodcut, and engraving, resulted in extraordinary painted ceramics, praised by Giorgio Vasari for "surpassing the ancient with its brilliance of glaze and variety of painting."<br> <br> <br> <br> The Courtauld Gallery's collection boasts a magnificent group of vessels made during the high Renaissance, the golden age of Italian maiolica. An introductory essay on the Victorian collector Thomas Gambier Parry sheds new light on the collection's development, illuminating links between Gambier Parry's artistic practice and revealing new insights into his taste as a collector. Each detailed entry uncovers a wealth of new information on the provenance of the pieces.
Physical Description:	335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 30 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and indexes.
ISBN:	1913645169 9781913645168