{"id":20745,"date":"2019-09-04T12:21:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/?page_id=20745"},"modified":"2019-09-04T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:34:36","slug":"the-ceramic-in-deruta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/the-ceramics-in-umbria\/the-ceramic-in-deruta\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ceramics of Deruta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Deruta<\/strong> has been an important <strong>ceramic<\/strong> production centre since the Middle Ages, especially because of its commercial links with the nearby city of Perugia. In 1277, the Municipality of Perugia asked Deruta\u2019s labour force to make more than one hundred thousand bricks to be used to pave the city\u2019s streets. Building materials and pottery were the leading products of Deruta, which has now become one of the most famous cities for craftmanship. The production quality was so high that in some cases maiolica was used as a bargaining chip in the payment of taxes or trade to replace cash when the money supply was running out.<\/p>\n<p>Around the city, the remains of ancient kilns used for firing ceramics reveal that during the Renaissance, there were fifty-two active workshops in the historic centre alone. The remains\u00a0 recovered show that innovative and sometimes revolutionary techniques and styles were adopted which nevertheless preserve elements of continuity with the past: a kind of \u2018potter\u2019s memory bank\u2019 that fearlessly welcomed the originality and modernity of the new.<\/p>\n<p>The treasured collections of the <strong>Museo Regionale della Ceramica<\/strong> \u2013 housed in the 14<sup>th<\/sup>-century convent of San Francesco \u2013 reveal the profound artistic creativity and pride that Deruta\u2019s maiolica experts transferred to their present-day descendants. Today, the home and the workshop are still characteristic and fundamental aspects of life in the town. Each artisan\u2019s workshop tells the story of this \u2018civil\u2019 art form, the talent that has made Deruta famous worldwide, and the fascinating secret techniques that have been handed down for generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deruta has been an important ceramic production centre since the Middle Ages, especially because of its commercial links with the nearby city of Perugia. In 1277, the Municipality of Perugia asked Deruta\u2019s labour force to make more than one hundred thousand bricks to be used to pave the city\u2019s streets. 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