Glyptography - Definition and Meaning
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glyptography : Greek glyptó ( s ) carved + -graphy
-graphy : a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing, recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process i.e photography.
It is the art of making representations on stone and precious stones using glyfida (chisel). The carved stones were used either as utilitarian objects (eg seals) or as ornamental (eg cameo). Before the word ''Glyptography'', they used the term ''Lapidary''.
The carving of the stones was used at 4.000 BC by the people of Mesopotamia and later by the Egyptians, Cretans, and the Romans. There were major historical periods where the gems had very little meaning to humans and their use had died down or forgotten . This probably happened in classical Greece, after the Dorian invasion, since very few references on gemstones are found at that time. But by that time there were workshops carving stones in southern Italy and Ionia. In Roman times the art came back to interest, but after the fall of Rome the art of glyptography was forgotten to be rediscover during Renaissance. Especially in Rome,the love for carved stones had become for many wealthy and prominent Romans true obsession! Due to the extent of the Empire, they were able to acquire the most precious materials for development and pay large amounts to famous lithographers Dioscorides, Manlius, Agathangello etc., in order to create beautiful pieces for their collections.
From the technical point of view, the glyptography on soft stones like steatite was made using sharp metal glyfida (chisel). As far as hard stones like oposchalkidonios sardis, quartz etc. is concerned, the way the artists of that time used to carve is unknown to us. After all, these materials are harder than steel, so the steel chisels were useless.It seems more likely to have built a small rotary tool that worked with foot wheel, which had been coated with emery or diamond. Theophrastus in his book "On Stones", wondering why iron can not cut a few stones, although the author believes that iron is the hardest material.
The art of engraving on precious stones had bloomed in the years of Cretan-Mycenaean civilization . These techniques were forgotten after the collapse of civilization , to be rediscover 600 years later, around 600 BC.
Special thanks to www.jewelpedia.com for the information.
glyptography : Greek glyptó ( s ) carved + -graphy
-graphy : a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing, recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process i.e photography.
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It is the art of making representations on stone and precious stones using glyfida (chisel). The carved stones were used either as utilitarian objects (eg seals) or as ornamental (eg cameo). Before the word ''Glyptography'', they used the term ''Lapidary''.
The carving of the stones was used at 4.000 BC by the people of Mesopotamia and later by the Egyptians, Cretans, and the Romans. There were major historical periods where the gems had very little meaning to humans and their use had died down or forgotten . This probably happened in classical Greece, after the Dorian invasion, since very few references on gemstones are found at that time. But by that time there were workshops carving stones in southern Italy and Ionia. In Roman times the art came back to interest, but after the fall of Rome the art of glyptography was forgotten to be rediscover during Renaissance. Especially in Rome,the love for carved stones had become for many wealthy and prominent Romans true obsession! Due to the extent of the Empire, they were able to acquire the most precious materials for development and pay large amounts to famous lithographers Dioscorides, Manlius, Agathangello etc., in order to create beautiful pieces for their collections.
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| Handmade jewelry, silver ring 925o with quartz [glyptografia] |
From the technical point of view, the glyptography on soft stones like steatite was made using sharp metal glyfida (chisel). As far as hard stones like oposchalkidonios sardis, quartz etc. is concerned, the way the artists of that time used to carve is unknown to us. After all, these materials are harder than steel, so the steel chisels were useless.It seems more likely to have built a small rotary tool that worked with foot wheel, which had been coated with emery or diamond. Theophrastus in his book "On Stones", wondering why iron can not cut a few stones, although the author believes that iron is the hardest material.
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| Handmade jewelry, silver ring 925o with quartz [glyptografia] |
The art of engraving on precious stones had bloomed in the years of Cretan-Mycenaean civilization . These techniques were forgotten after the collapse of civilization , to be rediscover 600 years later, around 600 BC.
Special thanks to www.jewelpedia.com for the information.
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