The colour of money : use, cost and aesthetic appreciation of marble in Venice ca. 1500

Author

Strupp, Joachim

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Venezia Cinquecento. 1993, Num. 5, Vol. 3, 7-32, 21 ill.

ISSN

1122-2816

Abstract (en)

Focuses on the materials and cost of important marble altars, ca.1480-1530, in Venetian churches. Discusses the variety and provenance of stone and marble, noting that gilding and polychromy were used to embellish sculpture and architectural decoration. Concludes that high cost of artistic undertakings was considered equivalent with high quality.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italy
• Italy
• Venezia (ITA)
• Altars
• Marble
• Architectural decoration
• Decoration
• Gilding
• Polychromy
• 1400-1600
• Stone
• Sculpture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italie
• Italie
• Venezia (ITA)
• Autel
• Marbre
• Décoration architecturale
• Décor
• Dorure
• Polychromie
• 1400-1600
• Pierre
• Sculpture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00349819

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