Imitation and Adaptation in Istoriato Maiolica: A Case-Study of the Anne de Montmorency Service, 1535

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dc.contributor.advisorGill, Meredith J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDupertuis, Lindsay Leighen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArt History and Archaeologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-25T05:46:24Z
dc.date.available2015-06-25T05:46:24Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the production of narrative (istoriato) maiolica ceramics in sixteenth-century Urbino, particularly the practice of adapting pre-existing woodcuts and engravings to the painted scenes on the surfaces of these objects. I perform this analysis through a case-study of the Anne de Montmorency tableware service, manufactured in the workshop of Guido Durantino in 1535. Istoriato maiolica studies have often included the art-historical convention of the early modern artist as a solitary individual or genius. I will destabilize this trope by focusing on a prominent service for a powerful aristocrat that was nonetheless designed by anonymous artisans. I assert that the unique circumstances of the duchy of Urbino enabled artisans to compose narrative paintings of classical stories within the confines of their own workshop. With this in mind, I analyze the processes and design practices of these artisans through their products, and offer new conclusions about their compositional choices.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2732M
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16486
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArt historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledceramicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddecorative artsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledItalyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmaiolicaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRenaissanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUrbinoen_US
dc.titleImitation and Adaptation in Istoriato Maiolica: A Case-Study of the Anne de Montmorency Service, 1535en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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