{"id":298,"date":"2014-10-23T08:33:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T06:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=298"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:45:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:45:03","slug":"the-museum-of-ceramic-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/the-museum-of-ceramic-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Museum of Ceramic Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Museum of Ceramic Art<\/strong> was inaugurated in 2007<\/strong>; it is dedicated to Ascolan majolica<\/strong> since XV century. The museum is located in S. Tommaso Square<\/strong>, seat of the ancient amphitheater during the Roman period. Today, in this place, you can admire the beautiful Romanesque church of S. Tommaso.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In the first section of the museum the most ancient examples of Ascolan ceramic art are exhibited: among them we can find small plates<\/strong> which we can find on the facades of the Ascolan churches still today, as a decoration. On these plates you can see the use of geen color<\/strong> (copper oxide)<\/strong> called “ramina”<\/strong>. Still today some potters use this technique..<\/em><\/p>\n At the end of the XVI century the Ascolan majolica was insufficient: in this period Ascoli Piceno imported ceramic from Castelli<\/strong>, in Abruzzo Region<\/strong>. The ceramics from Castelli are an interesting section in the museum today.<\/em><\/p>\n