Renaissance Utterances

A blog to explore the interests of an original renaissance woman; arts, sciences, poetry, librarianship and everything in between.

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Showing posts with label marquetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marquetry. Show all posts
Sunday, 7 September 2014

An unknown V&A Cabinet - some thoughts

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I'm on the cusp of handing in my dissertation and to both my delight and dismay, I'm still finding potentially relevant interestin...
Friday, 1 August 2014

Jost Amman and the Wire Drawing Bench

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You know when you're racing against the clock and you can see a deadline waving a chequered flag? Of course this is the time that I...
Saturday, 26 July 2014

Marquetry decoration on August I's wiredrawing bench

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Wood; the material out of which which the bulk of the bench is made and decorated. It is essential to look more closely at it, especially ...
Saturday, 19 July 2014

Mastering Colour and other tricks

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High definition colour feels like an entirely modern invention. Saturated manipulated photos, flat screen LCD tvs and 3D cinematic experi...
Saturday, 24 May 2014

The Decoration on August's Wire Drawing Bench

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The wire drawing bench in Écouen is the only remaining object of its type. Although many plain wooden goldsmith's benches can be found...
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Librarian. Educator. Writer. Communicator. Previously of London, now in Croatia.
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