Micromosaics (Gilbert Collection S.) - Hardcover

Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee

 
9780856675119: Micromosaics (Gilbert Collection S.)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0856675113 ISBN 13: 9780856675119
Verlag: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

The art of mosaics is of ancient origin, enjoying its first great period during the Roman Empire and its second in 18th- and 19th-century Rome. Affluent tourists provided the ideal market for views of Rome and images from ancient history and mythology, painstakingly worked in tesserae - a technique known as "micromosaics". The range of objects was enormous - from jewellery and snuffboxes to large pictures and tabletops. All of these forms and subjects are represented in the Gilbert Collection. This volume examines the collection through colour illustrations and detailed descriptions and commentaries. Research into the workshops and business practices of two significant Roman mosaicists derived from the archives of the Vatican Mosaic workshops is detailed in an essay by Massimo Alfieri, while Judy Rudoe explores the techniques and materials of small-scale Roman micromosaic objects.

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Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel became Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts in charge of the Gilbert Collection of Mosaics at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1988. After leaving the museum she became curator of the Gilbert Collection in 1994, working privately for Arthur Gilbert, who in 1996 announced he was donating his collection to Britain.

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Verlag
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0856675113
ISBN 13 
9780856675119
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
312
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