Renaissance intarsia: masterpieces of wood inlay

Abstract

"The first modern survey of a fascinating yet underappreciated art form, abundantly illustrated with new color photography. In this volume, a team of art historians trace the evolution of Renaissance intarsia through a discussion of twelve of the most important intarsia cycles"--

Contents

Episodes in the development of Italian Renaissance intarsia / by Luca Trevisan -- Florence : the Sacrestia Delle Messe in the Duomo, 1436-45, 1463-68 : Antonio Manetti, Agnolo di Lazzaro, and Giuliano da Maiano / by Monia Franzolin -- Urbino : the studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro in the Palazzo Ducale, 1474-76 : Benedetto da Maiano / by Alessandra Zamperini -- Padua : the choir and reliquary cabinet of the Basilica del Santo, 1462-69, 1475-77 : Cristoforo and Lorenzo Canozi da Lendinara / by Monica Molteni -- Vicenza : the choirs of Monte Berico, San Bartolomeo, and Santa Corona, 1484-89 : Pier Antonio degli Abati / by Luca Trevisan -- Mantua : the Grotta of Isabella d'Este in the Palazzo Ducale, c. 1506 : Antonio and Paolo Mola / by Paolo Bertelli -- Verona : the choir and sacristy of Santa Maria in Organo, 1494-1500, 1518-23 : Fra Giovanni da Verona / by Alessandra Zamperini -- Siena : the choir of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, 1504-5 : Fra Giovanni da Verona / by Cristina Beltrami -- Naples : the intarsias of Sant'Anna de Lombardi, 1506-10, and the Certosa di San Martino, c. 1514 : Fra Giovanni da Verona and Giovan Francescco d'Arezzo / by Pierbarnaba Leonardelli -- Bergamo : the choir of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, 1524-33 : Lorenzo Lotto and Giovan Francesco Capoferri / by Maria Teresa Franco -- Reggio Emilia : the choir of the Basilica di San Prospero, 1457-58, 1544-46 : Cristoforo and Lorenzo Canozi da Lendinara, and Cristoforo de Venetiis / by Giulio Zavatta --Bologna : the choir of the Basilica di San Domenico, 1528-51 : Fra Damiano Zambelli / by Alessandra Bigi Iotti and Giulio Zavatta -- The techniques of intarsia / by Paolo Pizzati.