Metalwork

Examples of Metalwork in the following topics:

• Ottonian Metalwork in the Early European Middle Ages

• Carolingian Metalwork in the Early European Middle Ages

  • Carolingian metalworkers primarily worked with gold, ivory, gems, and other precious materials.
  • Carolingian-era metalworkers primarily worked with gold, gems, ivory, and other precious materials.
  • Important Carolingian examples of metalwork came out of Charles the Bald's "Palace School" workshop, and include the cover of the Lindau Gospels, the cover of the Codex Aureus of St.
  • Under Charlemagne, there was a revival of large-scale bronze casting in imitation of Roman designs, although metalwork in gold continued to develop.
  • Another one of the finest examples of Carolingian metalwork is the Golden Altar (824–859), also known as the Paliotto, in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan (since damaged by WWII bombings).

• Metalwork of the Inca

  • The Incas adopted much of their metalworking characteristics from the metalwork of Chimú civilization before them.
  • With their expertise, many metalworkers were taken back to the capital city of Cusco after the fall of Chimú to continue their metalworking for the emperor.
  • While this bottle was most likely made by Chimú artisans, Inca metalworkers adopted similar characteristics.
  • The Incans adopted much of their metalworking characteristics from the metalwork of Chimu.
  • Because of their expertise, many metalworkers were taken back to the capital city of Cuzco to continue their metalworking for the emperor.

• Metalwork

  • Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures.
  • Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures.
  • As a craft, metalwork includes a wide range of skills, processes, and tools.
  • Modern metalworking processes, though diverse and specialized, can be categorized as forming, cutting, or joining processes.
  • A metalworker can form the object with a system of mechanical forces, and heat.

• Gothic Metalwork and Ivory Carvings

  • While that style is better known for its large dramatic features such as flying buttresses and elaborate stain glass, metalworkers and sculptures working in ivory also made an impact on the the art, architecture, craft and, interior design world of France during the period.
  • The elaborate decoration of the door to Notre Dame Cathedral is a strong example of the ornate metalwork of this period.

• Romanesque Sculpture: Tomb of Rudolf of Swabia

  • The material used to construct the tomb also reflects the high status of metalwork in Romanesque sculpture.
  • Indeed, precious objects constructed from metalwork, enamelwork, and ivory carried a much higher significance than paintings.
  • Metalwork, including decoration in enamel, became especially sophisticated during the 10th and 11th centuries.
  • An inscription is also etched into the border, demonstrating the metalworking skill that went into the construction of the tomb.

• Romanesque Sculpture: Reiner of Huy

  • Reiner of Huy was a 12th C. metalworker & sculptor, to whom the baptismal font at St.
  • Renier of Huy was a 12th century metalworker and sculptor to whom is attributed a major masterpiece of Mosan art, the baptismal font at St.
  • The Meuse River valley in modern Belgium and France, roughly comprising the Diocese of Liège, was the leading 12th century center of Romanesque metalwork, which was still the most prestigious medium in art.
  • Reiner of Huy, a 12th century metalworker and sculptor, is generally attributed with creating the baptismal font at St.

• Anglo-Saxon and Irish Art

  • Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art display similar aesthetic qualities and media, including illuminated manuscripts, architecture, and metalwork.
  • Anglo-Saxon art, which favored brightness and color, survives mostly in illuminated manuscripts, architecture, and metalwork.
  • Metalwork is almost the only form in which the earliest Anglo-Saxon art has survived, mostly in Germanic-style jewelry, which was commonly placed in burials.
  • Anglo-Saxon metalwork initially used the Germanic Animal Style decoration that would be expected from recent immigrants, but gradually developed a distinctive Anglo-Saxon character.
  • From the seventh through ninth centuries, Celtic missionaries traveled to Britain and brought with them the Irish tradition of manuscript illumination, which came into contact with Anglo-Saxon metalworking.

• Luxury Arts

  • The Mughals also introduced the bidri technique of metalwork in which silver motifs are pressed against a black background.
  • Sixteenth century Egypt, under the Mamluks patronage of luxury arts, favored primarily enameled glass and metalwork and is remembered as the golden age of medieval Egypt.
  • The Baptistère de Saint-Louis in the Louvre is an example of the very high quality of metalwork of this period .
  • The Baptistère de Saint-Louis is an example of the very high quality of metalwork in the late Middle Ages.
  • Identify the luxury arts of the Mughal Empire, such as miniatures, jewelry, carvings, and metalwork.

• The Early Middle Ages

  • Medieval art was produced in many media, and the works that remain in large numbers include sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, and mosaics, all of which have had a higher survival rate than fresco wall-paintings and works in precious metals or textiles such as tapestries.
  • In the early medieval period, the "decorative arts," such as metalwork, ivory carving, and embroidery using precious metals, were probably more highly valued than paintings or sculptures.
  • One of the best examples of precious metalwork in medieval art is the jeweled Cover of the Codex Aureus of St.