When Dolce & Gabbana models come strutting down the catwalk, they often wear frocks emblazoned with depictions of Italian culture. This season? Fish from the marketplace. A few years ago? Roman coins.
Maiolica isn't simply a refined form of pottery – it offers a vivid insight into the aesthetic and material culture of the Renaissance, says Alastair Smart. Fine dining: A plate depicting the birth of ...
La maiolica torinese vanta una lunga tradizione. A Torino, a partire dalla seconda metà del XVI secolo e per tutto il XVIII ...
"The tin-glazed earthenware known as maiolica reveals much about the culture and spirit of Renaissance Italy. Spectacularly colorful, sometimes whimsical or frankly bawdy, these magnificent objects ...
"Io, Leonardo da Vinci, nato nel 1452, mi sono rappresentato quale Arcangelo Gabriele nel 1471". E' questa la risposta al rebus della firma e dei numeri mimetizzati nel disegno dell'Arcangelo Gabriele ...
“Napule è mille culure”. Cantava così Pino Daniele in un inno alla sua Napoli. Mille colori che Diego Loffredo ferma nelle sue maioliche. È rimasto uno degli ultimi artigiani nel centro di Napoli, là ...
Not all Italian maiolica has a mark, but here's one. It says clearly, "Made in Italy," which kind of means it was, one, made in Italy, and secondly, that it was really made for export. Above the ...
Have you ever come across a beautiful piece of pottery marked “Majolica” and wondered if it’s worth anything? If you’re a collector or simply interested in antiques, knowing how to identify and value ...
APPRAISER: Okay, first of all, she is Italian, and in Italy, we would call this type of pottery maiolica, which is really similar to faience, so faience is not an incorrect term. She is entirely hand ...