Italian Maiolica and Incised
Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Fitzwilliam Museum
Publications) by Julia E. Poole
Hardcover
Published by Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date: Dec 1995 This
catalogue of Italian maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam
Museum, Cambridge gives detailed information on over five hundred
objects in the collection. It includes late medieval earthenware from
Orvieto and Perugia as well as Renaissance and later maiolica from
such regions as Sicily, the Abruzzi and Perugia which reached their
peak at a later date. Compiled by a leading expert in the field, this
catalogue will prove an indispensable work of reference for scholars
and students of the applied arts.
Deruta: A Tradition of
Italian Ceramics by Elizabeth Helman Minchilli, Susie Cushner
(Photographer), Davit Hamilton
Hardcover, 168 pages
Published by Chronicle Books
Publication date: Nov 1998 Home and Gardens This is the history of majolica, the highly
collectible, brightly-glazed Italian ceramic ware that has become so
popular. The book is a showcase of the hand-painted pieces that made
Deruta famous with an insightful portrait of the town where ceramic
studios still thrive.
Capolavori Di Maiolica
Della Collezione Strozzi Sacrati by Gian Carlo Bojani, Francesco Vossilla
Paperback, 352 pages
Published by Centro DI
Publication date: Sep 1998
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Museo
Internazionale delle Ceramiche di Faenza (Spring 1998) on a selection
from the beautiful collection of majolicas that belonged to the
Strozzi Sacrati- one of the most illustrious families in Italy.
Exhibited for the first time, this collections numbers several
masterpieces covering a period from the Tuscan Quattrocento to the
Eighteenth century Faenza production, and it also includes Turkish ‘pieces’,
works by Della Robbia and a bust attributed to Canova. From the
Publisher.
La Ceramica
a Lustro Nell'Ottocento a Gubbio by Ettore A. Sannipoli
Paperback, illustr edition
Published by Centro DI
Publication date: Sep 1998
This catalogue was published on the occasion of the
exhibition in Gubbio (September – December 1998) on a selection of
60 works that illustrate the use of the refined ceramics technique of
metallic glaze, known as ‘lustre’, as re-discovered in Gubbio in
the second half of the 19th century.
Italian Maiolica in the
National Museums of Scotland (National Museums of Scotland Information
Series No 5) by Celia Curnow
Paperback, 128 pages
Published by Natl Museums of Scotland
Publication date: Sep 1998
Most of the examples here of maiolica, brilliant colors of tinglazed
earthenware, have never been published before. They range from
utilitarian items of the 13th century to highly decorative Renaissance
pieces to early 20th century productions. Texton developments in
shape, style and painting, with glossary. Distributed by Woodstocker
Books.
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Maiolica in the Making: The
Gentili/Barnabei Archive (Bibliographies & Dossiers: The
Collections of the Getty Research Institute for the History Of) by Catherine Hess
Paperback, 192 pages
Published by Getty Center for Education in the Arts
Publication date: Aug 1999
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, potters from the Italian
village of Castelli dAbruzzo created wares that constitute a final,
supremely pictorial phase of the tin-glazed earthenware art know as
maiolica. Here, Catharine Hess documents the Gentili/Barabei
archive--a recently acquired collection of 276 documents relating to
these celebrated ceramics--to show how it illuminates the production
of maiolica.
Handmade
in Italy: A Celebration of Italian Artisans Working in Ceramics,
Textiles, Glass, Stone, Metal and Wood by John
Ferro Sims
Traditions,
from Murano Glass, to Ceramics, Jewelry, Leather Goods, and More by
Laura
Morelli
Italian Maiolica (Fitzwilliam
Museum Handbooks) - Hardcover by Julia E. Poole
Paperback and Hardcover, 154 pages
Published by Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date: Jul 1997
Maiolica is a type of tin-glazed earthenware associated particularly
with the Renaissance when its colourful decoration was at its peak,
but it was made in Italy from the thirteenth century and is still in
use today. This book provides an introduction to the history of
maiolica, a glossary, and a bibliography, followed by sixty-four
colour illustrations and accompanying text, arranged chronologically
to show some of the most characteristic styles of maiolica from about
1250 to 1920.
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Red Figure Vases of South
Italy and Sicily: A Handbook (World of Art) by Arthur D. Trendall
Paperback, 288 pages
Published by Thames & Hudson
Publication date: Apr 1989
Trendall (resident fellow, Menzies College, La Trobe U.) explores the
styles and characteristics of the vases produced by the Greek
colonists in South Italy and Sicily in the later 5th and the 4th
centuries BC., vases that shed light on mythology and drama, local
customs and the relations between the Greek settlers and the native
inhabitants. With hundreds of b&w illustrations. Annotation
copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Vase Painting in Italy: Red-Figure & Related Works in the Museum of Arts, Boston by Michael J. Padgett, Cornelius C. Vermeule, John J.
Hermann
Paperback, 275 pages
Published by MFA Publications
Publication date: Dec 1993
Dionysos, Eros, Nike, Odysseus, and Zeus: the heroes and villains of
ancient mythology make love, do battle, and plot revenge on vases from
the 4th and 5th centuries B.C. Each of the 180 vases in this volume is
examined in detail, with notes on provenance, publication history, and
condition. Brief essays on the use of color in southern Italian
vase-paintings, as well as a glossary, a concordance, and specialized
indices provide useful information to the scholar and the generalist
alike.
Handbook of Mediterranean
Roman Pottery by John W. Hayes, Susan Schroeder, Stphanie Wood
(Editor), Robert Haskett (Editor)
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Publication date: Aug 1997
Bucchero
Pottery from Southern Etruria Cambridge Classical Series) by Tom Rasmussen
Hardcover
Published by Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date: Nov 1979
A catalog of
pottery made from bucchero clay, found in South Etruria, dating from
the 7th-4th centuries B.C. Pots, with descriptions of decoration, are
grouped by shapes and dimensions.
This
catalogue of Italian maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam
Museum, Cambridge gives detailed information on over five hundred
objects in the collection. It includes late medieval earthenware from
Orvieto and Perugia as well as Renaissance and later maiolica from
such regions as Sicily, the Abruzzi and Perugia which reached their
peak at a later date. Compiled by a leading expert in the field, this
catalogue will prove an indispensable work of reference for scholars
and students of the applied arts.
