Livorno, Lapis Lazuli, Geology and the Treasures of the Sea in 1604 = Livorno, Lapislázuli, geologia y los tesoros del mar en 1604
Abstract
The paper discusses a seascape made from hard stones that serves as the top of atable. The piece was commissioned by Ferdiando I de’ Medici in 1601 and was made
by the stonecutter Cristofano Gaffuri (d. 1626) after a drawing of Jacopo Ligozzi
(1547-1627). [...] It shows the harbor of Livorno from a sea-to-shore vantage point and
is made from colored stones of various types and forms, among them agate, chalcedony
and lapis lazuli. The paper investigates the intrinsic political and territorial
claims of Medici power and its dominion of the Tyrrhenian Sea. These claims
are emphasized by the representation of towers, cannon and the display of naval
power; at the same time, the blue seascape opens up a fluid space that transcends
territorial control, by invoking the vastness and dynamism of the sea. It is an uncontrollable
space where natural forces are embodied by the large, creamy, blue
and golden waves of lapis lazuli. The article analyzes the appreciation of precious
stones as part of an early enviromental thinking of early globalization processes
and the dynamics of seas and oceans.
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| Descrizione | *Livorno, Lapis Lazuli, Geology and the Treasures of the Sea in 1604 = Livorno, Lapislázuli, geologia y los tesoros del mar en 1604 / Hannah Baader. | |
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| Soggetti | Gaffuri Cristofano <intagliatore di pietre dure> - Firenze – 1626. | |
| Livorno – porto – rappresentazioni - tarsie in pietre dure <commessi> - 1626. | ||
| Thesauri | 1626. | |
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| Gaffuri Cristofano <intagliatore di pietre dure> | ||
| Livorno | ||
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| RAPPRESENTAZIONI | ||
| tarsie in pietre dure <commessi> | ||
| Classificazione Dewey | 736.2094551 GLITTICA. Firenze (prov.) | |
| nota_FONT | NSL 1-2 2017 74 | |
| Localizzazioni | Risorsa in oggetto digitale. | |
| Note | Fa parte di Espacio Tiempo y Form. – S. 7, Historia del Arte. – Vol. 5 (2017), p. 141-167. |