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INTRODUCTION:  THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Section I.  The Importance of Marble
1. Ancient Rome   2. The Middle Ages   3. The Renaissance

Section II.  Changes in Architecture
4. Palaces and Representations  
 5. The Counter Reformation

PART I:  Scagliola  at the Munich Court 1585-1700

Section III.  The Invention of Scagliola
6. Prince Wilhelm’s Chapel   7. Blasius’s Pfeiffer’s Artificio   8. Loose Ends

Section IV.  Scagliola Production in 17th Century Munich.
9. Bavaria and the Munich Residence 1550-1700  10.  Blasius Fistulator  11.  Secrecy and Working Conditions in Munich c.  1600  12.  Wilhelm Fistulator  13. The Third Generation 14.  The Remuneration of Scagliolists at the Munich Royal Court.

PART II:  SCAGLIOLA IN THE SERVICE OF THE Catholic CHURCH,  ITALY 1600-1760.

Section V. Carpi, Emilia Romagna
15. Altar Pieces.16. The Origins of Italian Scagliola.17. The Achievements of the Emilian Scagliolists.18. The Carpi Masters – First Generation. Chapter 19. The Carpi Masters – Second Generation  20. The Carpi Masters – Third Generation.  21. Christian Symbolism in the Decoration of 17th and 18th Century altar fronts. 

Section VI. The Diffusion of Religious Scagliola to Other Areas of Italy.
22.  Lombardy, Piedmont and the Ticino.  23. The Papal States of Romagna and Le Marche.  24. Tuscany  

(Chapters in preparation)

Appendices
1. The Uses of Scagliola   2. The Technique of Scagliola   3. ‘Scagliola’ and other Terms

Chapter Index

INTRODUCTION:  THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Section I.  The Importance of Marble
1. Ancient Rome   2. The Middle Ages   3. The Renaissance

Section II.  Changes in Architecture
4. Palaces and Representations   5. The Counter Reformation

PART I:  Scagliola  at the Munich Court  1585-1700

Section III.  The Invention of Scagliola
6. Prince Wilhelm’s Chapel    7.  Blasius’s Pfeiffer’s Artificio   8.  Loose Ends

Section IV.  Scagliola Production in 17th Century Munich.
9. Bavaria and the Munich Residence 1550-1700  10. Blasius Fistulator  11.  Secrecy and Working Conditions in Munich c. 1600  12.  Wilhelm Fistulator  13. The Third Generation   14.  The Remuneration of Scagliolists at the Munich Royal Court.

PART II:  SCAGLIOLA IN THE SERVICE OF THE Catholic CHURCH,  ITALY 1600-1760.

Section V. Carpi, Emilia Romagna
15. Altar Pieces.16. The Origins of Italian Scagliola.17. The Achievements of the Emilian Scagliolists.18. The Carpi Masters – First Generation. Chapter 19. The Carpi Masters – Second Generation.  20. The Carpi Masters – Third Generation.  21. Symbolism in the Decoration of 17th and 18th Century altar fronts.

Section VI.  The Diffusion of Religious Scagliola To Other Areas Of Italy.
22.  Lombardy, Piedmont and the Ticino.  23. The Papal States of Romagna and Le Marche.  24. Tuscany.

(Chapters in preparation)

APPENDICES

1. The Uses of Scagliola   2. The Technique of Scagliola   3. ‘Scagliola’ and other Terms  

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