Majolica Deruta are so famous that the city's name is often used like a trademark!
As with other places that have linked their names to the history of ceramic art - think Capodimonte, Meissen or even Deruta is best known for the production of its traditional pottery, as if the Umbrian city, situated about twenty miles south of Perugia, was a great and unique works of pottery!
On the other hand it is true that, in spite of today 's textile industry and agricultural production are vital to the local economy, there was a time, at the end of the thirteenth century, when the city failed to pay taxes imposed on the lordship of Perugia offering tiles instead of money, a sure sign of the account in which they had kept its potters!
Consideration which grew with the passage of tempo sino a raggiungere l' apice nel sedicesimo secolo , in piena sintonia con l'impulso offerto dal Rinascimento a tutte le discipline artistiche.
Tipici di quel periodo furono i decori raffaelleschi , così chiamati perchè sembra si siano ispirati ai grotteschi che Raffaello dipinse in una Loggia del Vaticano: si trattava di composizioni fantastiche nelle quali le fattezze umane si mescolavano e si ricomponevano insieme a quelle di piante ed animali.
Ancor oggi questi e gli altri disegni tradizionali , il galletto , l' arabesco , gli plots and garlands are the main production of local potteries, to the delight of tourists and fans of
made in Italy.
If you're planning a trip that brings you to go to Umbria do not miss a visit to Deruta ... and meanwhile lustratevi eyes with storefronts that found in the depth of the potters! ;-)
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