Ornament And Malta

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Ornament And Malta

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Author : Sandro Debono
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Ornament And Malta written by Sandro Debono and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Art metal-work categories.

This catalogue covers the latest of a series of international exhibitions staged by Heritage Malta. The exhibition in Malta includes over one hundred pieces from the Khalili Collection. Most were made by, or at the workshop of, Plácido Zuloaga in the small town of Eibar in northern Spain. Different metals were fused together, hammered and chiselled to create precious treasures of fine metal craftsmanship including chests, vases, jewellery and objects from everyday life. Some of the pieces were commissioned by the Spanish Royal Family and contemporary collectors. The collection has been painstakingly brought together by Prof. Nasser David Khalili and is considered to be the best Spanish nineteenth-century damascene collection both in quality and extent. The art of damascening in precious metals on iron is of great antiquity, and was the decoration of choice on arms and armour from prehistory through to modern times. Both Eastern and Western tradition have placed its origin in what are now Islamic lands-a tradition as current in the Mongolia of Kublai Khan as it was in the Castile of El Cid. Damascened arms proclaimed the status of their bearer and this function was no less important than the efficacy of the weapons in combat. In assembling this collection of Islamic art, a variety of beautifully damascened objects were acquired, including many Islamic arms, some from as late as the nineteenth century, on which the gold and silver ornament was still as beautifully and delicately applied as it had been hundreds of years earlier. The catalogue of that collection, The Arts of War, has already presented an impressive array of Islamic damascening applied to arms, especially of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Other areas of the Khalili Collection are equally rich in Islamic objects of a more peaceful nature which are wonderful examples of the damasceners skill. In the West, Spain raised the art to the pinnacle of perfection, and it was therefore only natural that Spanish damascening should have so captured my interest. This was the Western kingdom in which the art and culture of Islam particularly flourished, and it is Spain that has always led the West in the beauty and quality of its damascene production. The preservation of damascening in Spain was almost entirely due to the genius of a single family, the Zuloagas. The town of Eibar, remote in the mountains of the Basque country, became through their efforts the centre of European damascening in the nineteenth century. Interestingly, the impact of the Zuloagas was for a brief period even greater in England than in Spain itself. The Khalili Collection contains many fine examples of Spanish damascene, but none quite so fine as those made by Don Plácido and the disciples he trained in his workshop in Eibar during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem became established in Malta in 1530 when Charles V of Spain as King of Sicily gave them Malta and the North African port of Tripoli in perpetual fiefdom in exchange for an annual fee of a single Maltese falcon. It is entirely fitting therefore that this collection of Spanish Damascene Metalwork should now be shown in Malta, following in the footsteps of previous exhibitions at The Victoria and Albert Museum, the Alhambra Palace in Granada, and Real Fundacion in Toledo.

Jewellery In Malta

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Author : Francesca Balzan
language : en
Publisher: Midsea Books
Release Date : 2009

Jewellery In Malta written by Francesca Balzan and has been published by Midsea Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Jewelry categories.

Researched and written by Francesca Balzan, this study has made extensive use of primary sources to build up a history of jewellery in Malta, which focuses on the art of jewellery, its social history and trade practices, and is the first study of its kind to be published in Malta. The book is in two parts, the first of which contains essays on historical aspects of Jewellery in Malta while the second part is devoted to analytical case studies of a number of jewellery items. "Jewellery has been an item of personal adornment since very early times and although its use has changed with age and circumstance, it has all along retained two important functions, one to complement and enhance physical appearance and the other to send a message of affluence and social status. Its rich materials make it a valuable means of wealth storage in a number of culturally different societies. The skill and technical dexterity that, until the machine took over, were necessary ingredients in its production, elevate it to the category of a fine craft. Creative ingenuity has, in addition, on many occasions, transformed it into a work of art and it is a pity that its study has not yet received the scholarly attention it deserves. Francesca Balzan's study makes a notable contribution to its better appreciation. The book's primary focus is the closely knit and insular society of Early Modern Malta when the presence there of a pan-European Sovereign Order of Hospitaller and Military Knights, drawn from the haughtiest families of Counter Reformation Europe, injected the island with a cultured sophistication that changed it into one of the more significant art centres south of Rome. The Knights invested in fine buildings and works of art and jewellery became an increasingly significant ancillary to dress, social status and religious ornament. One of the merits of the book is to discuss jewellery in a meaningful art historical and social context. This broadens the reader's response and opens a window on the anthropology of jewellery that future studies should exploit." - from the Foreword by Prof. Mario Buhagiar

Malta Under The Phenicians Knights And English

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Author : William Tallack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861

Malta Under The Phenicians Knights And English written by William Tallack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with Malta categories.

Abiti Uniformi E Decorazioni Dell Ordine Di Malta

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Author : Luciano Valentini di Laviano
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010

Abiti Uniformi E Decorazioni Dell Ordine Di Malta written by Luciano Valentini di Laviano and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Religion categories.

Catalogue Of Artefacts From Malta In The British Museum

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Author : Josef Mario Briffa SJ
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2017-04-30

Catalogue Of Artefacts From Malta In The British Museum written by Josef Mario Briffa SJ and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-30 with Social Science categories.

Ancient finds from the Maltese islands are rare, and those held in the British Museum form an important collection. Represented is a wide cultural range, spanning the Early and Late Neolithic, the Bronze Age, Roman and more recent historic periods.

Malta

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Author : Deborah Manley
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2012-02-10

Malta written by Deborah Manley and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-10 with Travel categories.

Deborah Manley's selection of extracts reveals how generations of writers have viewed the landscapes of Malta and Gozo, the people of the islands, the splendours of Valletta and its famous harbour, and the celebrated festas, the village festivals that celebrate the island's Catholic identity. An introduction places these extracts in context, while the anthology also considers how Maltese writers have imagined and depicted their homeland.

Bibljografija Nazzjonali Ta Malta

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Bibljografija Nazzjonali Ta Malta written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Malta categories.

The Archaeology Of Malta

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Author : Claudia Sagona
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-08-25

The Archaeology Of Malta written by Claudia Sagona and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with History categories.

This book synthesizes the archaeology of the Maltese archipelago from the first human colonization c. 5000 BC through the Roman period (c. 400 AD). Claudia Sagona interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices, and cultural contact through several millennia.

Saints And Fireworks

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Author : Jeremy Boissevain
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-03-10

Saints And Fireworks written by Jeremy Boissevain and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-10 with Religion categories.

Malta's recent independence was achieved despite a confusion of internal conflicts which must appear puzzling to the outsider. Socialists and Nationalists clash both with each other, and with a Church whose authority is almost medieval. Dr Boissevain has lived for more than two years in Malta and has studied at first hand the conflicting groups in the villages. He examines the importance of the cults of saints and the bitter rivalry between them. The clash of the Church and Labour clubs within the villages and the difficult role of the parish priest are analysed in the framework of Maltese ecclesiastical and secular politics. Both in its vivid description of village festive and political life and in the careful analysis of conflicts and factions, the book makes an important contribution to political anthropology.

A Handbook For Travellers In The Ionian Islands Greece Turkey Asia Minor And Constantinople

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Author : Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845

A Handbook For Travellers In The Ionian Islands Greece Turkey Asia Minor And Constantinople written by Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with categories.