{"product_id":"pietra-dura-doves-of-pliny-or-capitoline-doves-signed-florence-italy-c-1970","title":"Pietra Dura Doves of Pliny or Capitoline Doves, signed.  Florence, Italy, c.1970","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis portrayal of the Tazza d’Adrianna which is in the Uffizi Gallery museum in Florence, Italy, was created by a known artist and is signed in the black slate Alfredo Buccioni.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"\u003e“Bottega del mosaico operates in the handcrafting process of mosaics and inlays made of natural hard stones, known as \"Commesso Fiorentino\" and also as \"Pittura di Pietra\". Exclusive Florentine art started in the fifteenth century at the Medici court under Ferdinand, Duke of Florence. Handed down until now thanks to the Handicraft workshops, and to family tradition. The high quality of the products from the workshop are entirely hand-made, and find their origin in the skill and experience of Alfredo Buccioni who started his mosaics career in 1947.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003ePietra dura (or Hard Stone) is an art that flourished in Florence, Italy, particularly in the late 16th and 17th centuries and involved the fashioning of highly illusionistic pictures out of cut-to-shape pieces of colored stone. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e          \u003c\/span\u003eThe technique of pietra dura is highly prized and widely used, and can be found in settings ranging from antique jewelry boxes to the walls of the Taj Mahal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003eThe development of the technique – often called ‘painting in stone’ – was one of the many achievements of the Florentine Renaissance, and has produced some particularly spectacular pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"\u003ePietra dura is valued for its ability to combine luxurious materials in novel ways. It is a famously difficult skill to do well and lies somewhere between the arts of sculpture, inlay, and mosaic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eImage size:\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e10 inch by 12 inch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrame size:\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e14.25 inch by 16.5 inch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookmark Memories LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45684652933229,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/4352\/4717\/files\/DSC_1_9e77658a-88d6-4c5c-96e7-a2177f3758fa.jpg?v=1787339235","url":"https:\/\/bookmark-memories.com\/products\/pietra-dura-doves-of-pliny-or-capitoline-doves-signed-florence-italy-c-1970","provider":"Bookmark Memories LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}