The goldsmith of Florence
Subtitle: a book of great craftsmen
By: by Katharine Gibson; decorations by Kalman Kubinyi.
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1929
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Art; Art -- Italy -- Florence; Decorative arts; Artisans
Notes: Bibliography: p. 207-209.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. In the time of the knights: Weavers of stories; tapestries. Brothers of the quill; illuminated manuscripts. Wood-carvers of long ago. The armorer.; title: pt. 2. In the great days of the city of Florence: Ghiberti and the goblins. Capping the Duomo; Brunelleschi. Donatello's children. The secret a bambino keeps; Della Robbia. The goldsmith of Florence; Cellini.; title: pt. 3. During the Amerian revolution; title: and now: Boston's handyman; Paul Revere. A wood-carver of today; I. Kirchmayer. Master smith; Frank Koralewsky.