The Silver Caesars : a Renaissance mystery

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Label

The Silver Caesars : a Renaissance mystery

Title remainder

a Renaissance mystery

Statement of responsibility

edited by Julia Siemon

Contributor

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
• Colloquium on the Aldobrandini Tazze, 2014
• Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor
• Siemon, Julia

Editor

• Siemon, Julia

Host institution

• Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Issuing body

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Subject

• 1500-1599
• Aldobrandini tazze
• Aldobrandini tazze -- Congresses
• Aldobrandini tazze -- Exhibitions
• Art -- Private collections
• Clement, VIII, Pope, 1536-1605
• Clement, VIII, Pope, 1536-1605 -- Art collections -- Congresses
• Clement, VIII, Pope, 1536-1605 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Emperors
• Emperors -- Rome -- Portraits | Congresses
• Emperors -- Rome -- Portraits | Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• History
• Italy
• Rome (Empire)
• Silverwork
• Silverwork -- Italy -- History -- 16th century -- Congresses
• Silverwork -- Italy -- History -- 16th century -- Exhibitions

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• History
• Portraits
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Congresses

Language

eng

Summary

• The twelve silver-gilt cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze - magnificent examples of 16th-century European goldsmithing in size, design, and quality of execution - feature figures and scenes from Roman historian Suetonius's classic work The Twelve Caesars, all rendered in minute, intricate relief. Dispersed in the 1860s, the tazze were reunited in 2014 for the first time since the 19th century, each piece newly photographed to highlight the dazzling detail and show the works as they were originally made. The accompanying essays, written by a team of scholars from around the world, explore the persistent questions that swirl around these unique silver dishes, including where, when, and for whom they were originally made, what they were used for, and why the set was separated and scattered
• "The twelve monumental silver-gilt standing cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze constitute perhaps the most enigmatic masterpiece of Renaissance European metalwork. Topped with statuettes of the Twelve Caesars, the tazze are decorated with marvelously detailed scenes illustrating the lives of those ancient Roman rulers. The work's origin is unknown, and the ensemble was divided in the nineteenth century and widely dispersed, greatly hampering study. This volume, based on a groundbreaking symposium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, examines topics ranging from the tazze's representation of the ancient world to their fate in the hands of nineteenth-century collectors, and presents newly discovered archival material and advanced scientific findings. The distinguished essayists propose answers to critical questions that have long surrounded the set and shed light on the stature of Renaissance goldsmiths' work as an art form, making this a major contribution to the study of Renaissance silver." -- Publisher's description

Member of

• Metropolitan Museum of Art symposia

Cataloging source

NNFr/DLC

Dewey number

739.2/3

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

NK7233

LC item number

.S55 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs

Series statement

The Metropolitan Museum of Art symposia