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| Photo Credit: Uffizi Gallery, Florence Duke Federico da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza circa 1465. |
I went to the Palazzo Ducale for the first time this year on June 26th to visit an exhibition of Renaissance ceramics from private collections, including Deruta.
I was astonished by the beauty of the Palace and by a 3D theater setting with one of my favorite Italian actors, Giulio Base, playing the part of the Duke.
The Duke of Montefeltro is important in the history of Deruta, because Umbrian artisans took inspiration from him and his wife for the Ceramics Renaissance Portrait Plates: two single plates where the nobleman and the noblewoman look at each other.
In Deruta the same rule is extended to traditional patterns: if you have two plates containing two birds, one on each plate, like in the Arabesco pattern, remember that they have to look at each other versus running after each other!
The "ritratti affrontati" (tr. fronted portraits) or "dittico" (tr.diptych) is considered as a symbol of Aristocracy. The author of the portraits above is the Italian Renaissance Artist Piero della Francesca. It is a very famous work of art, depicting the most famous profiles of the Renaissance.
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The Duke of Montefeltro is important in the history of Deruta, because Umbrian artisans took inspiration from him and his wife for the Ceramics Renaissance Portrait Plates: two single plates where the nobleman and the noblewoman look at each other.
In Deruta the same rule is extended to traditional patterns: if you have two plates containing two birds, one on each plate, like in the Arabesco pattern, remember that they have to look at each other versus running after each other!
The "ritratti affrontati" (tr. fronted portraits) or "dittico" (tr.diptych) is considered as a symbol of Aristocracy. The author of the portraits above is the Italian Renaissance Artist Piero della Francesca. It is a very famous work of art, depicting the most famous profiles of the Renaissance.
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Do not miss the Uffizi Gallery when you travel to Italy. Enjoy the origin of cultural traditions! Take home something memorable, a piece of Italian history in your heart. Closed on Mondays.
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