Terra Cotta of the Italian Renaissance
Author: National Terra Cotta Society
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 218
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 218
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Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2011-10-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781258147976
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Published: 1825
Total Pages: 8
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Zuzanna Sarnecka
Publisher: Harvey Miller
Published: 2022-03-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781912554782
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explores the role of glazed terracotta sculpture in Renaissance Italy, from c. 1450 to the mid-1530s. In its brightness and intense colour glazed terracotta strongly attracted the viewer's gaze. Its pure and radiant surfaces also had the power to raise the mind and soul of the faithful to contemplation of the divine. The quasi-magical process of firing earthenware coated with tin-based paste, promoted initially by imports from the East, was seized upon by Luca della Robbia, who realised that glazed terracotta was the ideal vehicle for the numinous. He began to create sculptures in the medium in the 1430s, and continued to produce them for the rest of his life. After Luca's death, his nephew, Andrea della Robbia, inherited his workshop in Florence and continued to develop the medium, together with his sons. The book considers some of the large-scale altarpieces created by the Della Robbia family in parallel with a number of small-scale figures in glazed terracotta, mostly made by unidentified sculptors. The captivating illustrations integrate these two categories of glazed terracotta sculpture into the history of Italian Renaissance art. By focusing on a specific artistic medium which stimulated piety in both ecclesiastical and domestic contexts, this book offers new ways of thinking about the religious art of the Italian Renaissance. The links it establishes between lay devotion and the creation of religious images in glazed terracotta invite reassessment of habitual distinctions between private and public art.
Author: Peta Motture
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 0300090803
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Klášter svatého Jiří (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9788070353509
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Marietta Cambareri
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780878468416
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The glazed terracotta technique invented by Luca della Robbia, along with his exceptional skill as a sculptor, placed him firmly in the first rank of Renaissance artists in the fifteenth century. This quintessentially Florentine art - taking the form of dazzling multicoloured ornaments for major buildings, delicately modelled and ingeniously constructed freestanding statues, serene blue-and-white devotional reliefs, charming portraits of children, and commanding busts of rulers, along with decorative and liturgical objects - flowed in abundance from the Della Robbia workshops for a hundred years. Developed further by each generation, the closely held technique achieved new heights of refinement and durability in modelling and colour, combining elements of painting and sculpture into a new and all but eternal medium. In the 19th century, revived interest in the Renaissance and in the Della Robbia brought their works into major collections beyond Italy, particularly in England and the United States. Recently, renewed attention from art historians, backed by sophisticated technical studies, has reintegrated the Della Robbia into the mainstream of Renaissance art history and illuminated their originality and accomplishments. This beautifully illustrated book invites readers to experience one of the great inventions of the Renaissance and the enduring beauty it captured.
Author: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 128
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