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Hardstones
Anna Maria Massinelli
Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel
Gilbert Collection
出版
Bloomsbury USA
, 2000
主題
Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections
Art / Criticism & Theory
Art / History / General
Art / Ceramics
Crafts & Hobbies / Carving
Crafts & Hobbies / Pottery & Ceramics
Design / Decorative Arts
Design / Furniture
ISBN
0856675105
9780856675102
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TjzrAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The technique of Hardstone mosaic was developed in the sixteenth century under the patronage of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, in parallel with the revival of Roman mosaics made from tiny tesserae. Complex images were created from a matrix of coloured marbles and semiprecious stones, selected and cut with breathtaking craftsmanship. During the seventeenth century the technique was used in the production of some of the most magnificent luxury objects in Italy; in the eighteenth century, panels of landscapes, birds and flowers were incorporated into furniture and snuffboxes. This gave way in the nineteenth century to the production of pictures in extraordinarily convincing imitation of oil paintings.