Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay (Hardcover, THAMES & HUDSON)

I. The Eternal Fascination of Pietre Dure ? presents the various kinds of mosaic using semi-precious stones and the different ways they have been used from prehistory to the present day ? II. The Roman Renaissance and the Renewed Interest in Polychrome Pietre Dure ? the rebirth of pietre dure in 16th-century Rome ? III. Production in Florence under the Medicis ? the most coherent and spectacular period in the history of European pietre dure ? IV. The Success of Pietre Dure in Europe During the 18th Century ? Royal Workshops throughout Europe ? V. Glories of the Ancien Regime ? Production under the Hapsburgs, Bourbons, Catherine II, Frederic II and the French Court ? VI. From the Splendours of the Court to the Luxury of the Borghese ? Florentine production in the 19th century.