DELLA ROBBIA

The glazed terracotta technique invented by Luca della Robbia, along with his exceptional skill as a sculptor, placed him firmly in the first rank of Renaissance artists in the fifteenth century. This quintessentially Florentine art taking the form of dazzling m ulticoloured ornaments for major buildings, delicately modelled and ingeniously constructed freestanding statues, serene blue-and-wh ite devotional reliefs, charming portraits of children, and commanding busts of rulers, along with decorative and liturgical objects flowed i...[Llegir més]