The Treatises of Benevenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cellini, Benvenuto.

Contributor:

Ashbee, C. R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goldwork.

Sculpture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Braunfell Books, 2023.

Summary:

Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence, Italy, on November 1, 1500. He became a celebrated sculptor, goldsmith, and author, but his fierce temper caused him to be exiled and imprisoned for numerous crimes, the most serious being murder. Among Cellini's best work as a sculptor was a gold saltcellar made for Francis I of France, and a colossal bronze statue titled Perseus and Medusa. Other significant works include a bust of Cosimo I de Medici and Ganymede on the Eagle, both of which are now housed in the Bargello Museum in Florence. Cellini is best known for his memoirs, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, which he wrote from 1558 to 1562 and was published after his death. He died on February 13, 1571.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

DIAGRAMS.

AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND OBJECT OF THE TREATISES &amp

OF CELLINI'S POSITION AS CRAFTSMAN AND AUTHOR.

THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.-ON THE ART OF NIELLO.

CHAPTER II.-ON FILIGREE WORK.

CHAPTER III.-CONCERNING THE ART OF ENAMELLING.

CHAPTER IV.-JEWELLERY.

CHAPTER V.-HOW TO SET A RUBY.

CHAPTER VI.-HOW TO SET AN EMERALD AND A SAPPHIRE.

CHAPTER VII.-HOW TO MAKE FOILS FOR ALL SORTS OF TRANSPARENT JEWELS.

CHAPTER VIII.-ON THE CUTTING OF THE DIAMOND.

CHAPTER IX.-HOW YOU TINT A DIAMOND.

CHAPTER X.-HOW TO GIVE A DIAMOND ITS REFLECTOR.

CHAPTER XI.-ABOUT WHITE RUBIES AND CARBUNCLES.

CHAPTER XII.-MINUTERIE WORK.

CHAPTER XIII.-ON CARDINALS' SEALS.

CHAPTER XIV.-HOW TO MAKE STEEL DIES FOR STAMPING COINS.

CHAPTER XV.-ABOUT MEDALS.

CHAPTER XVI.-HOW THE BEFORE-MENTIONED MEDALS ARE STRUCK.

CHAPTER XVII.-ANOTHER WAY OF STRIKING MEDALS WITH THE SCREW.

CHAPTER XVIII.-HOW TO WORK IN LARGE WARE, IN GOLD AND SILVER AND SUCH LIKE.

CHAPTER XIX.-HOW TO BEGIN MAKING A VASE.

CHAPTER XX.-ANOTHER AND A BETTER WAY OF CASTING.

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.

CHAPTER XXII.-HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF GOLD AND SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES AND VASES, &amp

ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH OF THE CRAFT CALLED 'GROSSERIA.'

CHAPTER XXIII.-ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS.

CHAPTER XXIV.-A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR THINGS.

CHAPTER XXV.-OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER &amp

GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE.

CHAPTER XXVI.-HOW TO GILD.

CHAPTER XXVII.-A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS &amp

COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS.

CHAPTER XXVIII.-A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER SORT OF GILDING COLOUR.

CHAPTER XXIX.-HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING.

CHAPTER XXX.-HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR GILDING.

CHAPTER XXXI.-HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER COLOURING.

CHAPTER XXXII.-THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE SAID COLOUR.

CHAPTER XXXIII.-WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES.

CHAPTER XXXIV.-HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING, THE OTHER FOR ENGRAVING &amp

ETCHING.

CHAPTER XXXV.-HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING.

CHAPTER XXXVI.-HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT.

THE END OF THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING.

THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.

CHAPTER I.-ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE.

CHAPTER II.-HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY IS MADE.

CHAPTER III.-ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE UNDER.

CHAPTER IV.-HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES, ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE THINGS.

CHAPTER V.-HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS, OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES.

CHAPTER VI.-OF CARRARA MARBLES.

CHAPTER VII.-A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES, WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY GREAT.

CHAPTER VIII.-THE MYSTERY OF MAKING GREAT COLOSSI.

END OF THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.

A GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS.

ERRATA.

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Other Format:

Print version: Cellini, Benvenuto The Treatises of Benevenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture

ISBN:

9781805231066

1805231065

OCLC:

1371143934