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Niccolò Grosso
Niccolò di Noferi del SodoGrosso (''fl. c.'' 1500), also known as ''Il Caparra'' for his habit of asking for payment in advance, was one of the few Renaissance ironsmiths that we can identify. Fleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. '' London: Allen Lane, p. 354. He was born in Florence and his most important works are on the exterior of Palazzo Strozzi (the Strozzi Palace) there, even though those are just copies and the originals were moved. These include a lantern in the shape of a classical temple and stands for flag-poles and torches featuring elaborate imaginary animals. It is said that Messer Filippo Strozzi had found Grosso near the construction site selling onions, and hired him out of pity (even though Grosso was already a famous ironsmith). He also made the lanterns, torch-holders and iron rings on the floor of the Palazzo Sigre. Grosso was praised by Giorgio Vasari as the best of ironsmiths."Grosso, Niccolò" in ''The Oxford D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sconce On The Strozzi Palace, Florence
Sconce may refer to: *Sconce (fortification), a military fortification *Sconce (light fixture) *Sconcing, imposing a penalty in the form of drink *Sconce Point on the Isle of Wight, England *Sconce, a scout camp site located near Baildon, West Yorkshire People with the surname *Jeffrey Sconce, professor of media *Jerry Sconce Jerry Sconce was an American football coach and funeral director convicted for his involvement in the Lamb Funeral Home scandal. He was the fifth head football coach at Azusa Pacific College—now known as Azusa Pacific University—in Azusa ..., American football coach and criminal * Mark Sconce (born 1968), Welsh footballer {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and surpass the ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. Associated with great social change in most fields and disciplines, including Renaissance art, art, Renaissance architecture, architecture, politics, Renaissance literature, literature, Renaissance exploration, exploration and Science in the Renaissance, science, the Renaissance was first centered in the Republic of Florence, then spread to the Italian Renaissance, rest of Italy and later throughout Europe. The term ''rinascita'' ("rebirth") first appeared in ''Lives of the Artists'' () by Giorgio Vasari, while the corresponding French word was adopted into English as the term for this period during the 1830s. The Renaissance's intellectual basis was founded in its version of Renaiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironsmith
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was a historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operations of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is variously called a smithy, a forge, or a blacksmith's shop. While there are many professions who work with metal, such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things like nails or lengths of chain. Etymolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fleming (art Historian)
John Fleming (12 June 1919 – 29 May 2001) was a British art historian, known for his writing partnership with Hugh Honour. Their ''A World History of Art'' (aka, ''The Visual Arts: A History''), first published in 1982, is now in its seventh edition. Fleming's ''Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh and Rome'' (1961) won the Bannister Fletcher Prize and the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medal. Biography Fleming was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, the son of a local Solicitor. He was educated at Rugby School and read English at Trinity College, Cambridge where he met Hugh Honour, who would become Fleming's life partner. He travelled to Italy and during World War II was briefly a conscientious objector before entering the British Army Intelligence Corps in Cairo. There he began to write about art with the encouragement of Nikolaus Pevsner. Living in Asolo near Venice, Honour and Fleming began a productive writing partnership. They were commissioned by publisher Allen Lane to edit th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
