Benedetto Buglioni: Florentine Master of Glazed Terracotta Benedetto Buglioni (1459/1460–1521) stands as a pivotal figure in the artistic landscape of Renaissance Florence, renowned primarily for his mastery of glazed terracotta sculpture—a technique that elevated ceramic art to unprecedented heights of beauty and sophistication. Born around 1460 in Florence, Buglioni’s lineage traced back to Giovanni di Bernardo, another esteemed sculptor whose influence profoundly shaped his formative years. According to Giorgio Vasari, Buglioni inherited from Andrea della Robbia “the secret of glazed eart…