Alice Minter - Art of Stone : Masterpieces from the Rosalinde and Arth

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The item is a book Hardback
The Author Name is Alice Minter
The Title is The Art of Stone : Masterpieces from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection

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Category - Antiques & Collectibles


Product Description -
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection celebrates some of the most beautiful objects ever made, many in precious materials, and often on a small scale. Focussing on 50 exquisite works from the collection, this beautiful little book showcases the decorative art of creating small-scale carvings, snuffboxes, inlay pictorial illusions, and more, in cut-and-polished natural stones, often incorporating the widely known technique of pietre dure. Demonstrating remarkable skill and ingenuity, many of the works were commissioned by the powerful Medici family and royal families across Europe as symbols of their power and prestige. With detailed photography and extended captions the books explores the fascinating interplay of craftsmanship with the natural beauty of stones such as amethyst, lapis lazuli and jasper.

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