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The battle of Meloria Sculpture
Italy
Sculpture, Ceramic on Wood
Size: 38.6 W x 27.7 H x 1 D in
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About The Artwork
The artwork is a mosaic made of shaped glazed terracotta tiles on a wooden support. The colors are very intensive and bright. It is freely inspired by the time when Pisa was a maritime republic in the thirteenth century. The work is imaginative invention: it takes inspiration from ancient images and rework them in an atmosphere of a fantastic story, with the representation of the cities enclosed in a shell of turreted walls, of fabulous ships sailing on the sea, of tails of whales between the waves. The subject is the naval Meloria battle, fought between the maritime republics of Pisa and Genoa (represented in the mosaic) on 6 August 1284 in which Pisa suffered a serious defeat. The Meloria tower is represented in the sea, which stood on a small islet (the Meloria rock) in the Tyrrhenian sea and which gave its name to the battle.
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Ceramic on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:38.6 W x 27.7 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
Shipping & Returns
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Italy.
Customs:Shipments from Italy may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks.
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Always passionated about figurative art, Nicoletta De Francesco began her career as a ceramic artist in the mid-1990s. Her artworks are mosaics made of terracotta shaped tiles glazed in bright colors, depicting images freely inspired by medieval iconography. Nicoletta De Francesco’s technique consists in sketching an initial paper scheme, then used to decompose a sheet of clay into different shaped tiles, which are subsequently fired in the ceramic kiln and then glazed and fired a second time. The mosaic is then reassembled on a wooden support. The artist's production also includes tiles and pendants also in ceramics. The artworks of Nicoletta De Francesco are permanently exposed in her Atelier: Studio d’arte Barbuti – De Francesco, Via dei Mille 22 Pisa, Italy. The site of the studio is: www.studiodartebdf.it.
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