The German magazine Weltkunst speaks of our vase Medusa Barbizet in an article on the Belle Epoque (March 2016). You can find the article on our website and download it to read.
Barbizet, School of Paris, Vase Medusa, circa 1870
Mixing various inspirations, this large vase shows Victor Barbizet’s ability to
create new forms and ornaments. Despite the absence of visible marks or
signature, this piece can be attributed to Barbizet who followed the path of
Bernard Palissy, giving a new birth to the naturalistic style that the potter
of the Renaissance
named "rustic figulines". Fostered by the new
interest of collectors and connoisseurs in earlier historical times, several
ceramists of the second half of the 19th century progressively
rediscovered the techniques of the Renaissance period.
In the
center of the vase, the Gorgon Medusa faces the viewer. Skillfully represented,
her face appears frozen in a "silent scream". This expression has
been an important source of inspiration for artists from the Antiquity to
nowadays. But mythology is not Barbizet’s only source. The artist and
ceramicist plays with traditional shapes borrowed in former styles and mixed it
with insects and animals much more indebted to the work of Bernard Palissy.
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