The production technology of Italian maiolica: a reassessment

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2065-2080

  Tite, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical scanning electron microscope; Archaic; Calcareous clay bodies; Colorants; Coperta layer; della Robbia; Italy; Lead alkali glazes; Maiolica ceramics; North Africa; Piccolpasso; Renaissance; Spain; Technological choice; Tin oxide opacification

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; COLOR; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; LEAD; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIN; TRANSPARENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DELLA;

EID: 68349101255     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

References (52)

1. Agosti G., Andreoni A., Fabbri B., Kumar F., Lanterna G., Mingazzini C., Moioli P., Moradei R., Seccaroni C., and Vaccari M.G. Una papa in terracotta invetriata di produzione Robbiana: metodi integrati di indagine e restauro. OPD Restauro 9 (1997) 73-90
2. Aguzzi F., and Blake H. I bacini della facciata di S. Lanfranco a Pavia: la prima maiolica arcaica?. Atti XI Convegno Internazionale della Ceramica (1978), Centro Ligure per la Storia della Ceramica, Albisola 11-27
3. Allan J.W. Abu 'l Qasim's treatise. Iran 11 (1973) 111-120
4. Ashtor E., and Cevidalli G. Levantine alkali ashes and European industries. Journal of European Economic History 12 (1983) 475-522
5. Baldi G. Indagine archeometrica sulle ceramiche di Montelupo. In: Berti F. (Ed). Le botteghe: tecnologia, produzione, committenze. Storia della ceramica di Montelupo vol. 5 (2003), Aedo, Montelupo Fiorentino 87-114
6. Berti F. Ceramiche di farmacia, pavimenti maiolicati e produzioni "minori". Storia della ceramica di Montelupo vol. 3 (1999), Aedo, Montelupo Fiorentino
7. Berti G. Introduzione di nuove tecniche ceramiche nell'Italia centro-settentrionale. In: Boldrini E., and Francovich R. (Eds). Acculturazione e mutamenti: prospettive nell'archeologia medieval del Mediterraneo (1995), All'Insegna del Giglio, Firenze 263-283
8. Bouquillon A., and Zucchiatti A. Quel che dicono in segreto l'argilla, la sabbia e gli ossidi: I della Robbia. In: Gentilini G., and Fornasari L. (Eds). I della Robbia: il dialogo tra le Arti nel Rinascimento, Arezzo (2009), Skira, Milano 377-385
9. Bouquillon A., Zucchiatti A., Castaing J., and Katona I. Les della Robbia: matière et transfiguration. Technè 24 (2004) 13-18
10. Capelli C., Cabella R., and Waksman S.Y. Archaeometric investigation on 13th century glazed and slipped pottery found in Liguria and Provence. In: Waksman S.Y. (Ed). Archaeometric and Archaeological Approaches to Ceramics (Papers Presented at EMAC'05). BAR International Series vol. 1691 (2007) 149-154 Oxford
11. Cultrone G., Rodriguez-Navarro C., Sebastian E., Cazalla O., and de la Torre M.J. Carbonate and silicate phase reactions during ceramic firing. European Journal of Mineralogy 13 (2001) 621-634
12. Fabbri B., Maldera R., and Morandi N. Composizione chimica di argille e reperti ceramici da Castelli, Deruta e Faenza. Castelli e la maiolica cinquecentesca italiana - Atti del convegno in Pescara (1990), Umberto Sala, Pescara 102-114
13. Gratuze B., Soulier I., Blet M., and Vallauri L. De l'origine du cobalt: du verre à la céramique. Revue d'Archéometrie 20 (1996) 77-94
14. Greene K. Late Hellenistic and early Roman invention and innovation: the case of lead-glazed pottery. American Journal of Archaeology 111 (2007) 653-671
15. Hughes M.J. Appendix 2 Neutron activation analysis of selected maiolica from the British Museum collection. In: Thornton D., and Wilson T. (Eds). Italian Renaissance Ceramics - a Catalogue of the British Museum Collection (2009), British Museum Press, London 719-721
16. Hughes M.J., Blake H., Hurst J., and Wilson T. Neutron activation analysis of Italian maiolica and other related medieval Italian ceramics. In: Sinclair A., Slater E., and Gowlett J. (Eds). Archaeological Sciences 1995. Monograph 64 (1997), Oxbow Books, Oxford 77-81
17. Kingery W.D. Painterly maiolica of the Italian Renaissance. Technology and Culture 28 (1993) 28-48
18. Kingery W.D., and Aronson M. On the technology of Renaissance maiolica glazes. Faenza 5 (1990) 226-235
19. Kingery W.D., and Aronson M. The glazes of Luca della Robbia. Faenza 5 (1990) 221-225
20. Lightbown R., and Caiger-Smith A. Cipriano Piccolpasso's The Three Books of the Potter's Art (2007), Editions la revue de la céramique et du verre, Vendin-le-Vieil
21. Maniatis Y., and Tite M.S. Technological examination of Neolithic-Bronze Age pottery from central and southeast Europe and from the Near East. Journal of Archaeological Science 8 (1981) 59-76
22. Mason R.B. Shine Like the Sun - Lustre-Painted and Associated Pottery from the Medieval Middle East (2004), Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
23. Mason R.B., and Tite M.S. The beginnings of Islamic stonepaste technology. Archaeometry 36 (1994) 77-91
24. Mason R.B., and Tite M.S. The beginnings of the tin-opacification of pottery glazes. Archaeometry 39 (1997) 41-58
25. Molera J., Pradell T., and Vendrell-Saz M. The colours of Ca-rich ceramic pastes: origin and characterization. Applied Clay Science 13 (1998) 187-202
26. Molera J., Vendrell-Saz M., and Perez-Arantegui J. Chemical and textural characterization of tin glazes in Islamic ceramics from eastern Spain. Journal of Archaeological Science 28 (2001) 331-340
27. Moore Valeri A. Il Campanile di Giotto e le origini della maiolica blu in Toscana. Faenza 72 (1986) 281-289
28. Moroni B., and Conti C. Technological features of Renaissance pottery from Deruta (Umbria, Italy): an experimental study. Applied Clay Science 33 (2006) 230-246
29. Olson R.J.M., and Barbour D.S. Towards a new method for studying glazed terracottas: examining a group of tondi by Andrea della Robbia. Apollo 154 475 (2001) 44-52
30. Padeletti G., Ingo G.M., Bouquillon A., Pages-Camagna S., Aucouturier M., Roehrs S., and Fermo P. First-time observation of Mastro Giorgio masterpieces by means of non-destructive techniques. Applied Physics A 83 (2006) 475-483
31. Pérez-Arantegui J., Resano M., García-Ruiz E., Vanhaecke F., Roldán C., Ferrero J., and Coll J. Characterization of cobalt pigments found in traditional Valencian ceramics by means of LA-ICPMS and portable XRF spectrometry. Talanta 74 (2008) 1271-1280
32. Porter Y. Origines et diffusion du cobalt utilisé en céramique à l'époque medieval: etude préliminaire. La céramique médiévale en Méditerranée: Actes du 6eme congrès de l'AIECM2 and Aix-en-Provence, de l'AIECM2 (1997), Narration éditions, Aix-en-Provence 505-512
33. Pradell T., Molera J., Smith A.D., Climent-Font A., and Tite M.S. Technology of Islamic lustre. Journal of Cultural Heritage 9 (2008) 123-128
34. Ravaglioli A., Krajewski A., Tite M.S., Burn R.R., Simpson P.A., and Bojani G.C. A physico-chemical study on some glazes coming from Romagna's and Neaples' majolica. Faenza 82 (1996) 18-29
35. Ricci C., Borgia I., Brunetti B.G., Sgamellotti A., Fabbri B., Burla M.C., and Polidori G. A study of late Medieval transparent-glazed pottery and Archaic maiolica from Orvieto (central Italy). Archaeometry 47 (2005) 557-570
36. Roldán C., Coll J., and Ferrero J. EDXRF analysis of blue pigments used in Valencian ceramics from 14th century to modern times. Journal of Cultural Heritage 7 (2006) 134-138
37. Sandalinas C., Ruiz-Moreno S., López-Gil A., and Miralles J. Experimental confirmation of Raman spectroscopy of a Pb-Sn-Sb triple oxide yellow pigment in sixteenth-century Italian pottery. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 37 (2006) 1146-1153
38. Smith C.S., and Gnudi M.T. The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio (1990), Dover, New York
39. Syson L., and Thornton D. Objects of Virtue: Art in Renaissance Italy (2001), British Museum Press, London
40. Tite M.S. An interpretation of thermal-expansion data from clay ceramics. Transactions of the British Ceramic Society 69 (1970) 183-187
41. Tite M.S. Technological investigations of Italian Renaissance ceramics. In: Wilson T. (Ed). Italian Renaissance Pottery (1991), British Museum Press, London 280-285
42. Tite M.S., and Shortland A.J. Production Technology of Faience and Related Early Vitreous Materials. Monograph 72 (2008), Oxford University School of Archaeology, Oxford
43. Tite M.S., Freestone I., Mason R., Molera J., Vendrell-Saz M., and Wood N. Lead glazes in antiquity - methods of production and reasons for use. Archaeometry 40 (1998) 241-260
44. Tite M.S., Shortland A., Maniatis Y., Kavoussanaki D., and Harris S.A. The composition of the soda-rich and mixed alkali plant ashes used in the production of glass. Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (2006) 1284-1292
45. Vendrell M., Molera J., and Tite M.S. Optical properties of tin-opacified glazes. Archaeometry 42 (2000) 325-340
46. Weyl W.A. Coloured Glasses (1976), Society of Glass Technology, Sheffield
47. Wharton S. What you see is what you get: colour in Italian Renaissance istoriato ware. In: Olson R.J.M., Reilly P.L., and Shepherd R. (Eds). The Biography of the Object in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy (2005), Blackwell, Oxford 12-23
48. Whitehouse D.M. The origins of Italian maiolica. Archaeology 31 (1978) 42-49
49. Whitehouse D. Proto-maiolica. Faenza 66 (1980) 77-89
50. Wood N., Tite M., Doherty C., and Gilmore B. A technological examination of 9-10th century AD Abbasid blue-and-white ware from Iraq, and its comparison with 8th century AD Chinese blue-and-white sancai ware. Archaeometry 49 (2007) 665-684
51. Zucchiatti A., Bouquillon A., Castaing J., and Gaborit J.R. Elemental analysis of a group of glazed terracotta angels from the Italian Renaissance, as a tool for the reconstruction of a complex conservation history. Archaeometry 45 (2003) 391-404
52. Zucchiatti A., Bouquillon A., Katona I., and D'Alessandro A. The "della Robbia blue": a case study for the use of cobalt pigments in ceramics during the Italian Renaissance. Archaeometry 48 (2006) 131-152