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, Emiglia Romagna
15. Altar Pieces  16. The Origins of Italian Scagliola  17. The Achievements of the Emilian Scagliolists.  18. Christian Symbolism in the Decoration of 17th and 18th Century altar fronts.  19. The Carpi Masters.

(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. Christian Symbolism in the Decoration of 17th and 18th Century altar fronts.  19. The Carpi Masters.

(Chapters in preparation)

APPENDICES

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