Art of the Royal Court - Splendor of the Medici Court - Part 3 of 4

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Channel: The Met · 2008 · Education

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Learn more about this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/pietre_dure/more.asp

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "   
Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe," these lectures concern the most comprehensive exhibition on the tradition of hardstone  carving (pietre dure) that developed in sixteenth-century Italy and subsequently spread throughout Europe.

Annamaria Giusti, Director, Galleria d'Arte Moderna del Polo Museale Fiorentino, and Former Director, Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence

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