"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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five blocks from the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Sheraton at the Capitol is in the final phase of a multimillion-dollar transformation to become Downright Austin, a Renaissance Hotel. Mixing ...

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 skill ...