Antonio Piscitello: Master Ceramist
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Antonio Piscitello: Master Ceramist
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Technical sheet prepared by: Region of Sicily - Department of cultural heritage and Sicilian identity - CRicd: Regional center for inventory, cataloging and documentation and Sicilian regional film library
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Antonio Piscitello: Master Ceramist
REI - Book of Living Human Treasures
05-12-2006
Living human treasure
Messina
Santo Stefano di Camastra
In Santo Stefano di Camastra the extraction and processing of clay was already widespread before the re-foundation of the town in the seventeenth century at the behest of the Duke of Camastra. From that moment the presence of potters' workshops began to be more consistent and to characterize the events and the urban economy.
The history of the Piscitello family has been linked to Sicily since the end of the 1683th century. when he decides to set up one of the most significant majolica tile factories. The link with Santo Stefano and the Duke of Camastra can be traced back to XNUMX when the trademark of the family factory begins to be found in the ceramics of many Sicilian noble residences.
From historical finds and from the discovery of numerous majolica tiles of exquisite workmanship in Sicilian churches, it is identified that Rosario Piscitello with his brothers gave great impetus to the industrial activity of the factory.
In the twentieth century. thanks to the great skill and commitment of Antonio Piscitello, the family pottery achieved international fame with the sale in the markets of the Mediterranean basin and in other foreign countries. The Piscitello Ceramics from a local handicraft product became an object of art.
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Master potter
Antonino Piscitello's production in S. Stefano di Camastra has diversified over the years from other potters and to satisfy the large demand of the Sicilian and international market. In its production of traditional ceramics and sculptures, ancient and modern taste and tradition come together in unique products.
The typical colors of the stefanese ceramics are used in an attenuated way and applied to original forms (anthropomorphic fish, jugs, candlesticks, plates, heads and giant dolls) and express the ability of the Master to reconcile identifying lines of his style with respect for tradition.
His production, after the 60s, is distinguished from the previous one by the new pictorial experiments, the new colors and decorative motifs that derived from the interaction with other great masters of the Italian art scene.
Buttitta, Antoninus. 1988. The forms of work. Traditional crafts in Sicily. Palermo: Flaccovius.
Buttitta, Antonino and Salvatore d'Onofrio. 1989. The colors of fire in Studies and Materials for the History of Popular Culture. Palermo: STASS.
Awarded with a gold medal on the occasion of the "33rd International Handicraft Exhibition"In Florence in 1969.
Esther Oddo
Web card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
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