{"id":100589,"date":"2021-06-21T18:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.demonewlogic.it\/?post_type=artisti&#038;p=100589"},"modified":"2025-03-02T09:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T08:45:59","slug":"castelli-majolica-manufacture","status":"publish","type":"artisti","link":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/artisti\/castelli-majolica-manufacture\/","title":{"rendered":"Castelli Majolica Manufacture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the 17th century,\u00a0<strong>the small village of Castelli in the province of Teramo has been making ceramics<\/strong>\u00a0of superior quality. One family in particular,\u00a0<strong>the Grue brothers,<\/strong>\u00a0stood out for their talent.<\/p>\n<p>We have one masterpiece preserved by the founding member of the family Francesco Antonio (1594\u20131673), his\u00a0<strong>ceramic Madonna of Loreto<\/strong>\u00a0from 1647 at the parish church of Castelli.<\/p>\n<p>His son Carlantonio (1655\u20131723) took up his heritage by specializing in decorations with both sacred and profane scenes, taking inspiration from great artists such as\u00a0<strong>Luca Giordano<\/strong>, Francesco Solimena, and Salvator Rosa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is no everyday object that the ceramists of Castelli have not decorated with supreme art<\/strong>; everything from vases to plates, tiles, and frames to altarpieces.<\/p>\n<p>Decorations were highly varied, depicting allegorical or historical scenes as well as landscapes or mythological subjects.<\/p>\n<p>The religious scenes, however, were the most common.<\/p>\n<p>The dynasty of ceramic artists continued with Francesco Antonio Saverio, son of Carlantonio (1686\u20131746), active at Capodimonte, at the court of King Charles III.<\/p>\n<p>Other important figures i<strong>ncluded Anastasio (1691\u20131742) and Liborio Grue (1702\u20131776), who specialized in gold highlights;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another Grue had the honor of working with royalty: Saverio (approx. 1731-1806), who worked with Ferdinando IV in Naples at the Royal Manufactory of the Bourbon dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grue family, a great dynasty of ceramic artists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":86569,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[6511,6509],"class_list":["post-100589","artisti","type-artisti","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tags-c","tags-m"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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