The Renaissance of Art in Italy Volume 286,; An Illustrated History by Leader Scott
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Author: Leader Scott
Page Count: 138 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130566918
File size: 37 Mb
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...and rectify them. One day his servant placed one of these moulds face downwards on a damp cloth, and on removing it Maso found his design perfectly reproduced on the cloth. This gave him the idea of taking his proofs on paper direct from the intaglio, instead of the intermediate process of a sulphur mould, which method he afterwards adopted. Giovanni Dei, which was commissioned by the "Arte di Calimala " in 1455, but the artistic excellence is far below those of Finiguerra. The Death Of Cyrus. Florentine Niello. Fifteenth Century. One of these proofs exists in the possession of the Martelli family in Florence. The subject is an "Epiphany" of most crowded composition--the decorations of dresses and embroidered brocades are represented in the most minute manner, the ground is covered with flowers as in one of Gozzoli's landscapes. Indeed, in the engraving many styles seem to meet. The three angels over the shed recall a picture by Ghirlandajo, while Durer himself might have drawn the St. Joseph. The horses of the kings and their followers are of the orthodox Flander's race. A long, winding procession of camels and richly dressed people is seen defiling down the mountain background from the very top of the picture, which ends in a wall with towers. All this is depicted with the highest finish in a tiny print three inches square. Only one other proof of the " Epiphany' exists besides this one; it is in the British Museum. The finest of Finiguerra's niellos is the "Coronation of the Virgin," of which the original plate is in the Bargello Museum, and is dated 1452; the only known proof of it is in the Library at Paris. How far we may look on Finiguerra's niello proofs as the origin of copperplate engraving is a moot question. Pr...
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