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a berettino
One of the most recognizable styles in Italian
Renaissance maiolica, a berettino is characterized by a colored
ground which ranges from a lavender blue to pale grey, depending
on the center of manufacture...
a raffaellesche
The a raffaellesche style, arguably the most influential of all the grotesque-based designs, derives directly from renewed interest in the art of antiquity following the rediscovery of Nero’s Domus
aurea (Golden House) in 1480...
alla rosa
Alla rosa is a delightful maiolica ornament introduced to Pesaro and other Italian centers from the north, where the work of masters inspired by popular French motifs enjoyed enormous success...
Antico Savona
Antico Savona (Old Savona) wares were produced throughout the Italian coastal region of Liguria during the 17th century, but as the name implies, the style originated in the town of Savona and achieved its greatest expression there, and in nearby Albisola...
Castelli
The Castelli style, named for the small ceramics center near Teramo where it originated, represented a mid-17th century revival of the istoriato ornament first popularized by the craftsmen of Renaissance Urbino...
chinoiserie
Chinoiserie is the term generally used to describe European interpretations of Middle and Far East shapes and motifs in the decorative arts. Although coined in the 19th century, the word is commonly employed in reference to objects produced in Europe, or made abroad for export to the West, from the 16th through 18th centuries...
Comerio
In the 18th century, Faenza was in the midst of an important revival, led by the Ferniani factory, which once again spotlighted the exceptional talents of the town’s
maiolica artisans....
compendiario
The Italian word compendiario is used to describe the ‘sketchy’ painted ornament of the enormously popular whitewares (bianchi
di Faenza) first made in Faenza around 1540...
Delft blue
The blue-and-white wares developed in Delft,
the town in the Netherlands that cultivated the strongest association
with Oriental styles and became one of the world’s foremost
ceramic centers, are among the most popular and enduring tin-glazed
earthenwares ever produced...
Delft polychrome
Despite the overwhelming popularity of the town’s monochrome blue wares, Delft was also known for polychrome styles that made use of both high- and low-firing pigments and patterns derived from Oriental and European sources...
European Imari
European Imari comprises a number of tin-glazed earthenware patterns based on the ornament of the immensely popular porcelain made in 18th-century Japan...
Gothic-floral
The Gothic style in Italian maiolica comprises Islamic-inspired motifs derived from imported ceramics, including a colorful peacock-feather design and the stylized Persian palmette, often mistaken for an abstract pinecone...
grotesques
Like trophy and a raffaellesche patterns, grotesques grew out of renewed interest in the art of antiquity following the rediscovery of Nero’s Domus aurea (Golden House) in 1480...
Levantino
Members of the Levantino family were active from the late 17th century in the Ligurian centers of Albisola and Savona, and eventually Empoli in Tuscany, both in family workshops and in society with other maiolica artisans...
Oriental garden
Dating from the late 18th century, the Oriental
garden (giardino orientale) or ‘carnation’ (garofano)
ornament is a fine example of the kind of hybrid motifs created
by Italian artisans during a period in which their work was
strongly influenced by Northern European ceramics...
Rouen
The well-documented influence of French styles
on Italian maiolica of the 18th century is especially evident
in wares created in the Northern Italian centers of Turin,
Lodi, Milan and Bassano, whose decorative motifs derive from
ornament popularized in Rouen, Moustiers, Marseilles and Strasbourg...
sgraffito
Known by a variety of Italian terms (graffito,
sgraffiato, a sgraffio), sgraffito or scratched
ware, in which a pointed metal or wooden implement is used
to score
a pattern
onto a ceramic body, is believed to have originated in ancient
China...
tobacco leaf
Characterized by a dense polychrome foliate scheme
punctuated with large and small floral elements, this late
18th century tin-glazed earthenware style imitates a Chinese
porcelain decoration believed to have been developed specifically
for export to the West...
trophies
Interest in trophy motifs (trofei), like grotesques,
was sparked by the 1480 rediscovery of Emperor Nero’s Domus
Aurea (Golden House)...
variegated
Some of the earliest examples
of variegated or marbled ceramics (terre
miste;
terre melée) were produced
in China during the Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-906)
by artisans
inspired by Roman mosaic glass...
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