Renaissance ceramics. (Current and Coming).(exhibit Gods, Saints and Heroes: Ceramic Masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance)
From: The Magazine Antiques
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Date: 10/1/2002
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Author: Ledes, Allison Eckardt
During the Renaissance vibrant pigments were not only used to color prints in northern Europe. In Italy they were used to decorate ceramics. Many of these pigments were newly discovered and added greatly to the earlier palette. In Italian wares this is perhaps best borne out on large ceramic dishes and plates known as istoriato, or storytelling wares. Unlike colored prints, these are impervious to the effects of light, and therefore are as brilliant today as they were when they were ...
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