The goldsmith's debt : conceptions of property in early modern art / Shira Brisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brisman, Shira, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jamnitzer, Christoph, 1563-1618.

Jamnitzer, Christoph.

Jamnitzer, Christoph, 1563-1618. Neuw grottessken Buch.

Goldwork--Germany--Nuremberg--History--16th century.

Goldwork.

Industrial property--Germany--Nuremberg--History--16th century.

Industrial property.

Grotesque in art.

Pattern books--Germany--Nuremberg--History--16th century.

Pattern books.

Art patronage--Germany--Nuremberg--History--16th century.

Art patronage.

Goldwork--Political aspects--Germany--Nuremberg.

Physical Description:

pages ; cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Urban centers of the Holy Roman Empire stored wealth in the form of precious metal vessels. The city of Nuremberg, for example, annually commissioned its goldsmiths to transform revenue into goblets that could be given as diplomatic gifts or reconverted into currency in times of war. Courts, too, stockpiled serving implements, displaying pieces at official ceremonies as promises of credit. This book argues that German goldsmiths of the sixteenth century-through the conjunction of artisanal production, sculptural form, and a new inflection to the model-book tradition-played a unique role in articulating proprietary claims. Focusing on the Nuremberg goldsmith Christoph Jamnitzer (1563-1618), art historian Shira Brisman explores what it meant for works of art to make proprietary claims in a time when the extraction of precious metals and stones by colonized peoples was an essential source of the goldsmith's materials. Transforming our understanding of the global entanglements of early modern art, this unprecedented study considers what Jamnitzer's etchings and gilded silver goblets reveal about how goldsmiths publicly shared ideas and how the patrons who commissioned their work sought to legitimate claims to the possession of land and rights over others"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Bids for recognition. From the New book of grotesques ; "The Germanic scroll-like tree" and "Preamble and salutation" ; An offering ; Property of skill ; The mold of the master ; Dürer's other legacy

The language of legitimacy. From the New book of grotesques ; "The bug-bauble market" ; Designs for a new world ; Alienating devices ; Shaping history

Proposals for redistribution. From the New book of grotesques ; "The antique temple"

Conclusion. The grotesque law of property.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Jamnitzer, Christoph, 1563-1618. Neuw grottessken Buch. Selections. (Brisman)

Container of: Jamnitzer, Christoph, 1563-1618. Neuw grottessken Buch. Selections. English. (Brisman)

ISBN:

9780226845203

0226845206

OCLC:

1528594686

Publisher Number:

90104186010