VISITING A UNIQUE HOME IN PERUGIA

Portrait of Queen Margherita of Italy (1881), It's a handmade and handpainted
glass window. Amazing! 

A couple of days ago I was part of a guided tour in Perugia with the subject of handmade glass windows.

This was a great opportunity for me, a wonderful introduction to the famous art glass windows atelier in Perugia, Moretti-Caselli.

The studio is located on the main road that takes downtown Perugia parallel to the famous Renaissance fortress called 'Rocca Paolina'.

Founder, artist Francesco Moretti (Perugia, 1833-1917), invented a technique that takes inspiration from the Renaissance. He painted on glass with the style of Perugino, Raffaello and Pinturicchio.

The perfect example of osmosis of the arts.

I was amazed when I entered the Moretti-Caselli museum. Location is unique. It is the last Renaissance home in Perugia, owned by the aristocratic Baglioni family. The studio itself is entirely preserved with ancient books, files, color bottles, tools and the original glass windows cardboards:  i.e. for the Cathedral of Perugia and the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi with rare sketch photos.

In the United States you may admire the art of the Moretti-Caselli studio in Glendale, California at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Here there's a copy of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci created by two of Francesco Moretti's heirs: sisters Rosa and Cecilia Caselli  in the years 1925-1931. 

The Moretti-Caselli studio is still operating and available for special orders for churches, chapels , buildings and private homes.  

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Leaving the World Behind

Deruta ceramics take inspiration from Renaissance art. Renaissance in its turn is an interpretation of the classical
ages; with the usage of talent, wisdom, engagement of the population of the 15th and 16th centuries through arts and crafts. We had a second Rebirth of ceramics art in Italy in the 1920s. It was called the Second Renaissance period.

Publishing a post-draft dated February 24th, 2013

Yesterday in the local newspaper a friend of mine who writes articles about the latest news from Deruta made me a great gift by publishing the writing of an entrance door to a villa belonging to a doctor of one of the most respected families of Deruta: Dr. Enea Magnini.

This morning I went back to Deruta for the polls and I visited downtown where I had an espresso at the coffee shops with my friends and looked for the villa in order to take a photo. I was impressed by the fact that I had never seen this villa with so much appreciation. I am more and more in love with the Renaissance culture and traditions, which revived in Deruta, in Italy, and in Europe in the 1920s and have left us such examples of ceramics art traditions.

The writing is the last part of an expression by Latin writer Juvenal and in Latin, it goes as follows:
"Protinus ante meum quidquod dolet exue limen" (tr. Lay your troubles down here before you enter my door"). The writing in capital letters is with the graces as per the tradition of the Roman ages, a trick so that the writing could be visible from far, same as the writings on marble on the facades of churches, cathedrals, and mausoleums and on top of the entrance Renaissance doors.

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