Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture
by Benvenuto Cellini
- Genres: Art, design & architecture
- Languages: English
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Benvenuto Cellini, a 16th century Florentine goldsmith and sculptor, is perhaps better known for his colorful autobiography than his works of art. In his "Trattati", Cellini explains how he made his intricate pieces in gold, such as the salt cellar intended for the table of King Francis I of France, and his monumental sculptures, including the bronze Perseus and Medusa that stands in Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi. Cellini allows himself numerous digressions, so what might in the hands of another author have proved a dry textbook is instead an amusing companion to his "Vita". - Summary by Rob Marland
Chapters
The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter VII. How to Make Foils for All Sorts of Transparent Jewels
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XIV. How to Make Steel Dies for Stamping Coins
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XVI. How the Before-Mentioned Medals are Struck
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XVII. Another Way of Striking Medals with the Screw
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XVIII. How to Work in Large Ware, in Gold and Silver and Such Like
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXI. Yet Another Furnace, Such a One as I Made in the Castle of St. Angelo at the Time of the Sack of Rome
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXII. How to Fashion Vessels of Gold and Silver, Likewise Figures and Vases, and All that Pertains to that Branch of the Craft called 'Grosseria'
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXIII. Another Method for Gold and Silver in Such Things
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXV. Of Figures Made in Silver and Greater than Life Size
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXVII. A Recipe for Making Colours and Colouring the Gilded Parts
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXVIII. A Recipe for Making Another Sort of Gilding Colour
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXIX. How to Make a Third Gilding Colour for Very Thick Gilding
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXII. The Manner of Applying the Said Colour
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXIII. What You Do When You Wish to Leave Bare the Silver in Certain Places
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The Treatise on Goldsmithing: Chapter XXXIV. How to Make Two Kinds of Aquafortis, One for Parting, the Other for Engraving and Etching
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter III. Another Method of Casting Figures in Bronze of Life Size or a Little Under
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter IV. How to Construct Furnaces for Casting Bronze, Whether for Statues, Ordnance, or Other Such-Like Things
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter V. How to Carve Statues or Intaglios, or Other Works, Such as Divers Beasts, in Marble or Other Stones
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The Treatise on Sculpture: Chapter VII. A Disquisition on Colossal Statues Whether Moderate or Very Great
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