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

  • Metalworkers and sculptors working in ivory 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 during this time.
  • 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 century metalworker and sculptor, to whom the baptismal font at St.
  • Renier of Huy was a 12th century metalworker and sculptor to whom many masterpieces of Mosan art, including 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 at the time 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.

• Romanesque Sculpture

  • Sculpture from the Romanesque period saw advances in metalwork, enamels, and figurative friezes and scenes found in architecture.
  • Precious objects in the media of metalwork, ivories, and enamels held very high status in the Romanesque period, and the names of more makers of these objects are known than those of contemporary painters, illuminators, or architect-masons.
  • Metalwork, including decoration in enamel, became very sophisticated.
  • A few secular pieces such as mirror cases, jewelry, and clasps have also survived, but these no doubt under-represent the amount of fine metalwork owned by the nobility.
  • Images that occurred in metalwork were frequently embossed.

• 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.

• Anglo-Saxon and Irish Art

  • Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art display similar aesthetic qualities and media, including architecture and metalwork.
  • Anglo-Saxon art, which favored brightness and color, survives mostly in architecture and metalwork.
  • Anglo-Saxon metalwork survives mostly in Germanic-style jewelry and armor, which was commonly placed in burials.
  • After the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in the seventh century, the fusion of Germanic Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Early Christian techniques created the Hiberno-Saxon style (or Insular art) in the form of sculpted crosses and liturgical metalwork.
  • 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.