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The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture

The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture

by Benvenuto Cellini

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Author
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571
Title
The treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on goldsmithing and sculpture
Original Publication
London: Edward Arnold, 1898.
Credits
deaurider, A. Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
Subject
Goldwork
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72995
Release Date
February 20, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE TREATISES OF BENVENUTO CELLINI ON GOLDSMITHING AND SCULPTURE.
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.TABLE OF CONTENTS. — THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING. — THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE. — A GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS. — ILLUSTRATIONS. — DIAGRAMS.
  7. 7.AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND OBJECT OF THE TREATISES & OF CELLINI’S POSITION AS CRAFTSMAN AND AUTHOR. — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING.
  9. 9.INTRODUCTION. — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF NIELLO. — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.CHAPTER II. ON FILIGREE WORK. — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE ART OF ENAMELLING. — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.CHAPTER IV. JEWELLERY. — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.CHAPTER V. HOW TO SET A RUBY. — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.Untitled
  16. 16.CHAPTER VI. HOW TO SET AN EMERALD AND A SAPPHIRE. — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.CHAPTER VII. HOW TO MAKE FOILS FOR ALL SORTS OF TRANSPARENT JEWELS. — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.CHAPTER VIII. ON THE CUTTING OF THE DIAMOND. — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.CHAPTER IX. HOW YOU TINT A DIAMOND. — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.CHAPTER X. HOW TO GIVE A DIAMOND ITS REFLECTOR. — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.CHAPTER XI. ABOUT WHITE RUBIES AND CARBUNCLES.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XII. MINUTERIE WORK. — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIII. ON CARDINALS’ SEALS. — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.Untitled
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE STEEL DIES FOR STAMPING COINS. — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.CHAPTER XV. ABOUT MEDALS. — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE BEFORE-MENTIONED MEDALS ARE STRUCK. — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.CHAPTER XVII. ANOTHER WAY OF STRIKING MEDALS WITH THE SCREW. — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.CHAPTER XVIII. HOW TO WORK IN LARGE WARE, IN GOLD AND SILVER AND SUCH LIKE. [116] — FOOTNOTES:
  30. 30.CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO BEGIN MAKING A VASE. — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.CHAPTER XX. ANOTHER AND A BETTER WAY OF CASTING. — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.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. — FOOTNOTES:
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF GOLD AND SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES AND VASES, & ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH OF THE CRAFT CALLED ‘GROSSERIA.’ — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIII. ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS. — FOOTNOTES:
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXIV. A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR THINGS.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXV. OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER & GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE. — FOOTNOTES:
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXVI. HOW TO GILD. — FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXVII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS & COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS. — FOOTNOTES:
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXVIII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER SORT OF GILDING COLOUR. — FOOTNOTES:
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXIX. HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING. [181] — FOOTNOTES:
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXX. HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR GILDING. — FOOTNOTES:
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER COLOURING. — FOOTNOTES:
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXII. THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE SAID COLOUR. — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES. — FOOTNOTES:
  45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING, [194] THE OTHER FOR ENGRAVING & ETCHING. — FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46.CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING. — FOOTNOTES:
  47. 47.CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT. — FOOTNOTES:
  48. 48.Untitled
  49. 49.THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.
  50. 50.Untitled
  51. 51.CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE. — FOOTNOTES:
  52. 52.CHAPTER II. HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY IS MADE. — FOOTNOTES:
  53. 53.CHAPTER III. ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE UNDER. — FOOTNOTES:
  54. 54.CHAPTER IV. HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES, ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE THINGS. — FOOTNOTES:
  55. 55.CHAPTER V. HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS, OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES. — FOOTNOTES:
  56. 56.Untitled
  57. 57.CHAPTER VI. OF CARRARA MARBLES. — FOOTNOTES:
  58. 58.CHAPTER VII. A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES, WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY GREAT.
  59. 59.CHAPTER VIII. THE MYSTERY OF MAKING GREAT COLOSSI. — FOOTNOTES:
  60. 60.Untitled
  61. 61.A GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS.
  62. 62.Untitled
  63. 63.ERRATA.
  64. 64.Untitled

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