Pictorial Art With Hard Stones Pietre Dure
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Pictorial Art With Hard Stones Pietre Dure
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Author : Norbert B. Tunze
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Pictorial Art With Hard Stones Pietre Dure written by Norbert B. Tunze and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
Pietre Dure
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Author : Anna Maria Giusti
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2006
Pietre Dure written by Anna Maria Giusti and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Incrustation (Stone carving) categories.
Pietre dure (Italian for "hard stone") is mosaic design made from semiprecious stones. This comprehensive survey looks at the uses of decorative stonework and the variety of techniques used to produce it from prehistory to the present day, focusing especially on the period from its rebirth in sixteenth-century Rome through the developments of the nineteenth century. The history of pietre dure in the modern era began in Rome in the 1500s where, thanks to patrons' commissions, new techniques and new types of designs appeared, intended for interior and furniture decoration. These innovations spread throughout Italy in the seventeenth century, producing the most spectacular period in the history of pietre dure in Florence under the Medici. In the eighteenth century numerous royal workshops based on the Florentine model appeared across Europe, under the patronage of the Hapsburgs in Prague, Louis XIV in France, and Frederick II in Prussia. Annamaria Giusti's richly illustrated book captures the beauty and craftsmanship of this ancient technique for "painting in stone."
Art Of The Royal Court
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Author : Wolfram Koeppe
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2008
Art Of The Royal Court written by Wolfram Koeppe and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Incrustation (Stone carving) categories.
"In the royal and princely courts of Europe, artworks made of multicolored semiprecious stones were passionately coveted objects. Known as pietre dure, or hardstones, this type of artistic expression includes?paintings in stone,? which were composed of intricately cut separate pieces that were made into magnificent tabetops, cabinets, and wall decorations. Other works included vessels and ornaments carved with virtuosic skill from a single piece of rare and brilliant lapis lazuli, chalcedony, jasper, or similarly prized substance; exquisite objects such as boxes, clocks, and jewelry; and portraits of nobles sculpted in variously colored stones. Derived from ancient Roman decorative stonework, the art of pietre dure was developed in Renaissance Florence, where the manufacture of such objects was enthusiastically sponsored by Medici princes. Ideally suited for ostentatious display, the works sent an unmistakable message of wealth and political might that was understood in centers of power everywhere. From Italy the medium spread across Europeto Prague, Madrid, Naples, Paris, and later Saint Petersburg. Precious and fragile, pietre dure objects are rarely brought together in large numbers. This richly illustrated catalogue contains more than 150 masterworks from across Europe, dating from five centuries, including almost every artistic use of semiprecious stone during this time as well as some of the finest examples of the medium. Eight essays by European and American experts discuss the individualized development of pietre dure in every European region, the latest developments in scholarship, the interrelationships between art and dynastic politics and between cultures, and a variety of techniques used to produce these luxurious masterworks."--Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Pietre Dure
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Pietre Dure written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Pietre Dure
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Author : Anna Maria Giusti
language : en
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Release Date : 2003-08-30
Pietre Dure written by Anna Maria Giusti and has been published by Philip Wilson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-30 with Design categories.
Precious and semi-precious stones with bright and variegated colours were polished to acquire a dazzling splendour and inlaid in the pictorial mosaic surfaces of prestigious furniture from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Beginning in Rome and then Florence, there was a growing taste for pietre dure, later disseminated throughout Europe. This text illustrates the range of its uses in furniture and decoration and discuses the major centres of its production. The types, sources and characteristics of pietre dure complete this exhaustive reference work.
Stones
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Author : Cally Oldershaw
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2023-08-25
Stones written by Cally Oldershaw and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-25 with Nature categories.
The story of our deep and multifaceted connections to geological matter—the very bedrock of our lives. From small beach pebbles to huge megaliths, stones have been revered, collected, enhanced, sculpted, or engraved for practical and artistic purposes throughout the ages. They have been used to delineate boundaries and to build homes and shelters and utilized for cooking, games, and competitions. This surprising and fascinating compendium of stone facts, myths, and stories reveals the impact and importance of stones in our history and culture. Cally Oldershaw introduces the science in an accessible way and covers the aesthetic appeal of stones, their practical uses, and metaphysical properties. With an eclectic mix of examples from the Stone Age to the present, Stones engagingly excavates the story of this essential matter.
The World Of Science Art And Industry Illustrated From Examples In The New York Exhibition 1853 54
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Author : Benjamin Silliman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
The World Of Science Art And Industry Illustrated From Examples In The New York Exhibition 1853 54 written by Benjamin Silliman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Decorative arts categories.
Art And The Relic Cult Of St Antoninus In Renaissance Florence
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Author : SallyJ. Cornelison
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Art And The Relic Cult Of St Antoninus In Renaissance Florence written by SallyJ. Cornelison and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Art categories.
Tracing the history of St. Antoninus' cult and burial from the time of his death in 1459 until his remains were moved to their final resting place in 1589, this interdisciplinary study demonstrates that the saint's relic cult was a key element of Florence's sacred cityscape. The works of art created in his honor, as well as the rituals practiced at his fifteenth- and sixteenth-century places of burial, advertised Antoninus' saintly power and persona to the people who depended upon his intercessory abilities to negotiate life's challenges. Drawing on a rich variety of contemporary visual, literary, and archival sources, this volume explores the ways in which shifting political, familial, and ecclesiastical aims and agendas shaped the ways in which St. Antoninus' holiness was broadcast to those who visited his burial church. Author Sally Cornelison foregrounds the visual splendor of the St. Antoninus Chapel, which was designed, built, and decorated by Medici court artist Giambologna and his collaborators between 1579 and 1591. Her research sheds new light on the artist, whose secular and mythological sculptures have received far more scholarly attention than his religious works. Cornelison draws on social and religious history, patronage and gender studies, and art historical and anthropological inquiries into the functions and meanings of images, relics, and ritual performance, to interpret how they activated St. Antoninus' burial sites and defined them in ways that held multivalent meanings for a broad audience of viewers and devotees. Among the objects for which she provides visual and contextual analyses are a banner from the saint's first tomb, early printed and painted images, and the sculptures, frescoes, panel paintings, and embroidered textiles made for the present St. Antoninus Chapel.
Art At The Rockface
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Author : Andrew W. Moore
language : en
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Release Date : 2006-05-26
Art At The Rockface written by Andrew W. Moore and has been published by Philip Wilson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-26 with Art categories.
"This book examines ways by which artists have explored the fascination and meaning of stone. Those who sculpt with the chisel, grind pigments, create landscapes, fashion jewellery or work with graphite are connecting directly with the rock beneath their feet. Early people drew or painted on the rockface and fashioned flint. More recently humankind has selected stone to build and sculpt and has consistently conferred values, properties and meanings upon selected stones."--BOOK JACKET.
The Oxford Dictionary Of Art And Artists
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Author : Ian Chilvers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Oxford Dictionary Of Art And Artists written by Ian Chilvers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
