A wide selection of works and artefacts from the collections of the Ginori Museum and the MIC Faenza stages the dialectic between creativity and the limits imposed by the material, between aesthetic research and scientific progress, between tradition and the changing nature of taste.<\/p>\n
The story begins in the first half of the 18th century, when Carlo Ginori, a chemistry enthusiast, founded the factory of the same name and personally dedicated himself to researching the recipe for porcelain paste.<\/p>\n
Retracing the events of the Ginori factory and the evolution of ceramic technique in the 18th and 19th centuries, the narrative unfolds in several sections dedicated to porcelain sculptures, the progressive enrichment of pictorial decoration up to the introduction of chromolithography and photography, with a 1737-1896 look towards the 20th century, when the newly formed Richard-Ginori would base much of its prosperity on the production of electrotechnical porcelain.<\/p>\n
Texts by Rita Balleri, Oliva Rucellai, Valentina Mazzotti, Sabrina Gualtieri, Rosarosa Manca.<\/p>\n
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A wide selection of works and artefacts from the collections of the Ginori Museum and the MIC Faenza. Accompanies an exhibition at MIC Faenza from 31 January to 2 June 2026. Text in English and Italian.
15 Introduction
\nClaudia Casali
\n19 Sculpture at the Ginori Factory: Models,
\nMoulds, and Porcelain Adaptations.
\nReflections on Techniques in the 18th Century
\nRita Balleri
\n37 Decorating at Doccia
\nOliva Rucellai
\n53 The Characterisation of the Bodies and Glazes
\nof Ginori Porcelain in the 18th Century between
\nArchival Records and Diagnostics
\nValentina Mazzotti, Sabrina Gualtieri
\n69 The Colours of Ginori Maiolica and Porcelain:
\nPreliminary Results of Scientific Analyses
\nRosarosa Manca
\nCatalogue
\n83 Carlo Ginori and the Founding of the Factory
\n(1702–1757)
\nGiovanni de Girolamo
\n87 Experiments: Pastes and Colours
\nValentina Mazzotti, Rosarosa Manca
\n93 Porcelain Sculpture during the 18th Century
\nRita Balleri
\n101 Techniques for Modelling Porcelain during
\nthe 18th Century
\nRita Balleri
\n107 Sculptural Decoration: Bas-Relief with Scenes
\nand Double-Walls
\nRita Balleri
\n113 Painted Decoration: Blue, Red, and Purple
\nGiovanni de Girolamo
\n123 The Service for Cardinal Roverella
\nOliva Rucellai
\n127 Early 19th-Century Innovations: Pigments
\nand Techniques for Decoration
\nOliva Rucellai
\n135 Ordinary Maiolica and the Four-Storey Kiln
\nAnna Moore Valeri
\n149 Neorenaissance, Della Robbia–style,
\nand Lustre Maiolica
\nRaffaella Ausenda
\n163 International Expositions
\nGiovanni de Girolamo
\n171 Academics and Artistic Directors
\nGiovanni de Girolamo
\n181 Urbano Lucchesi and the New Sculptural Models
\nRita Balleri
\n191 Technical Innovations for Industrial Production
\nRaffaella Ausenda
\n199 Electrotechnical Porcelain
\nLorenzo Cecconi
\n204 Bibliography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":76814,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21060],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76813","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-decorative-arts","7":"author-edited-by-oliva-rucellai","8":"author-edited-by-rita-balleri","9":"publisher-silvana","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n