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"The Visitation" Luca della Robbia (Italian, Florence, 1399 or 1400–1482) Italian, Renaissance, about 1445 Glazed terracotta Church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, Pistoia Scala/Art Resource ...
A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled Thursday in the Tuscan capital, where it will be displayed ...
(Courtesy Bottega Design Gallery) Although terra cotta has been a design material for millennia, it’s currently experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Designers are selecting it for a variety of ...
Modena Cathedral, which my wife and I visited this summer, is one of those places that blows your mind about the creative genius of the Italian Renaissance. I’ve always thought terracotta ...
Shaped from fine clay and fired in a kiln, Gardner's 15 terracotta pieces bring alive a lesser known genre of Renaissance art in "Modeling Devotion," an engaging exhibit that casts light on the ...
One of the last great Renaissance terracotta sculptures remaining in private hands fetched more than £3.3 million at an auction at Sotheby's in London yesterday. Virgin and Child by the Italian ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...