Maiolica in Renaissance Venice

Ceramics and Luxury at the Crossroads

Karine Tsoumis, Gardiner Museum, Christopher Maxwell

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Hirmer Verlag
10 February 2022

Ceramic arts, pottery, glass

An unprecedented exploration of Venetian maiolica set in a vibrant context of hybridity and exchange. Introduced by migrant potters ca.1500, the medium offers a unique point of entry into Venice's material world shaped by Mediterranean trade and local luxury production.

This exhibition catalogue explores maiolica's multifaceted connection to objects ranging from Islamic metalwork to Venetian glass.

Accompanying an exhibition held at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Global Luxury in Renaissance Venice explores the role of maiolica within the vast range of luxury objects made in Venice and imported into the city, highlighting the place of the medium at the nexus of cross-media and cross-cultural exchanges. Thematic discussions investigate the circulation of artefacts and the migration of ornament, the potter's workshop and artistic lineage, and maiolica's position in the material culture of splendour that characterized elite interiors. The book addresses works made in the thriving workshops of Jacomo da Pesaro and Domenego da Venezia, and suggests a connection between the rise of villeggiatura in the mid-sixteenth century and the ascent Venice's maiolica industry.

Contributions by: Christopher Maxwell
Edited by: Karine Tsoumis, Gardiner Museum
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 195mm,
Weight: 920g
ISBN: 9783777435770
ISBN 10: 3777435775
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 10 February 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karine Tsoumis is curator of the historical collections at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto