|
See also:CAFFIERI, JACQUES (1678-1755) , 'See also:French worker in See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal, the most famous member of a See also:family several of whom distinguished themselves in plastic See also:art, was the fifth son of Philippe Caffieri (1634-1716), a decorative sculptor, who, after serving See also:Pope See also:Alexander VII., entered the service of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. in 1660. An See also:elder son of Philippe, See also:Francois See also:Charles (1667-1721), was associated with him. As a fondeur ciseleur, however, the renown of the See also:house centred in Jacques, though it is not always easy to distinguish between his own See also:work and that of his son Philippe (1714-1777). A large proportion of his brilliant achievement as a designer and chaser in See also:bronze and other metals was executed for the See also:crown at See also:Versailles, See also:Fontainebleau, See also:Compiegne, See also:Choisy and La Muette, and the crown, ever in his See also:debt, still owed him See also:money at his See also:death. Jacques and his son Philippe undoubtedly worked together in the " Appartement du Dauphin " at Versailles, and although much of their contribution to the See also:palace has disappeared, the decorations of the See also:marble See also:chimney-piece still remain. They belong to the best type of the Louis XV. style—vigorous and graceful in See also:design, they are executed with splendid skill. It is equally certain that See also:father and son worked together upon the gorgeous bronze See also:case of the famous astronomical See also:clock made by Passement and Danthiau for Louis XV. between 1749 and 1753. The See also:form of the case has been much criticized, and even ridiculed, but the severest critics in that particular have been the readiest to See also:laud the boldness and freedom of the motives, the See also:jewel-like finish of the craftsmanship, the magnificent dexterity of the See also:master-See also:hand. The elder Caffieri was, indeed, the most consummate practitioner of the See also:style rocaille, which he constantly redeemed from its mannered conventionalism by the ease and mastery with which he treated it. From the studio in which he and his son worked See also:side by side came an amazing amount of work, chiefly in the shape of those gilded bronze mounts which in the end became more insistent than the pieces of See also:furniture which they adorned. Little of his achievement was See also:ordinary; an astonishingly large proportion of it is famous. There is in the See also:Wallace collection (See also:Hertford House, See also:London) acommode from the hand of Jacques Caffieri in which the brilliance and spontaneity, the sweeping boldness and elegance of See also:line that See also:mark his style at its best, are seen in a perfection hardly exceeded in any other example. Also at Hertford House is the exception-ally See also:fine lustre which was a See also:wedding See also:present from Louis XV. to See also:Louise See also:Elizabeth of See also:France. After Jacques' death his son Philippe continued to work for the crown, but had many private clients. He made a See also:great See also:cross and six candlesticks for the high See also:altar of Notre See also:Dame, which disappeared in the revolution, but similar work for See also:Bayeux See also:cathedral still exists. A wonderful enamelled See also:toilet set which he executed for the Princess of See also:Asturias has also disappeared. Philippe's style was gradually
modified into that which prevailed in the third See also:quarter of the 18th See also:century, since by 1777, when he died, the See also:taste for the magnificent mounts of his See also:early days had passed away. Like his father, he See also:drew large sums from the crown, usually after giving many years' See also:credit, while many other years were needed by his heirs to get in the See also:balance of the royal indebtedness. Philippe's younger See also:brother, See also:Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792), was a sculptor, but was sufficiently See also:adept in the treatment of metals to design the fine rampe d'escalier which still adorns the Palais Royal.
End of Article: CAFFIERI, JACQUES (1678-1755)
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!