Pietre dure : the art of semiprecious stonework / Annamaria Giusti ; [translated from the Italian by Fabio Barry].

Author/creator Giusti, Anna Maria
Other author Barry, Fabio.
Other author J. Paul Getty Museum.
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles : Getty Publications, 2006.
Description264 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleArte delle pietre dure. English. English
Contents The ancient splendour of coloured stones -- The birth of polychrome inlay in Roman Renaissance -- Medicean production in Florence -- The fortunes of hardstone inlay in seventeenth-century Europe -- Splendours of the Ancien Régime -- From court display to bourgeois luxury -- How a Florentine mosaic is born.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 258-261) and index.
ISBN0892368497 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks NK2709 .G5813 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold