A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stone
Spanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Lavishly illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this “lithic imagination”: marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural—or divine—painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images. 通过跨越近五千年的石头材料讲述了前现代建筑的全面历史,石头绘画通过宝石材料讲述了前现代建筑的新历史。大量的例子包括用于模拟苏美尔和埃及天堂的人造宝石; 希腊和罗马的大理石庙宇和豪宅; 早期现代意大利的彩绘宫殿和彩色大理石礼拜堂; 以及19世纪英国的多媒体复兴。诗歌作为理解昂贵的大理石作为一种艺术媒介的镜头,召唤了一系列富有想象力的联想和反应,从王子和家长到大众。三个突出的主题支撑着这种“石器想象”: 根据前现代物质和地质学的概念,大理石是它们自身元素物质的图像; 在地球上的石头中可以感知到星光的存在; 以及持久的信念,即彩色大理石表现出一种自然的或神圣的绘画形式,这归功于它们活泼的脉络、彩虹调色板和偶然的图像。 基本信息 出版社 : Yale University Press (2022年2月22日) 语言 : 英语 平装 : 432页 ISBN-10 : 0300248172 ISBN-13 : 978-0300248173 商品重量 : 1.63 kilograms 尺寸 : 21.34 x 2.54 x 27.69 cm
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