Question

What is pietra dura?​

Answer 1

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pietra dura, (Italian: “hard stone”), in mosaic, any of several kinds of hard stone used in commesso mosaic work, an art that flourished in Florence particularly in the late 16th and 17th centuries and involved the fashioning of highly illusionistic pictures out of cut-to-shape pieces of coloured stone.

Explanation:

Pietra dura is an Italian phrase that means "hard stone," and usually refers to the technique of creating intricate inlaid pictures from shaped colored stones. ... The art was revived during the Renaissance by Italian craftsmen and the first hard-stone workshop was established by the Medici family in Florence in 1588.

Answer 2

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Pietra dura or pietre dure called parchin kari or parchinkari in the Indian Subcontinent, is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images like wood inlay wall art and marble wall panels etc. It is considered a decorative art.

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Pietra Dura, the work of designing highly illusionistic pictures on hard cut stones out of cut-to-shape pieces of coloured stone, from Florence, Italy, flourished in the late 16th and early 17th century. The hard cut stones might as well be considered as jewel and so it is called semi-precious. It signifies hardness and durability of materials used. The strikingly beautiful colours makes the work close to reality.

Nowadays, these designs are mainly found in museums. The largest collection of these designs are found in Vienna at “Wiener Hofburg”, containing about 67 paintings and cabinets and tables. While in India, the decorations of the Taj Mahal are largely high quality pietra dura. It has a large variety of different patterns often repeated in large quantities.

The Technique used is inlay and the principle is quite simple, making of the patterns or drawings which usually are floral and then preparing the different pieces that make up the stone puzzle. It must be cut into the stones whose color will correspond to the desired color on the final work for each piece. Therefore making the choice of color very essential. In India, it was mainly conceived during Mughal Rule by emperor Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan.

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