tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6788812165463679738..comments2024-03-28T20:35:00.265+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: The finest silver art objects in European history?Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-34526942655329726572021-09-29T19:17:02.559+10:002021-09-29T19:17:02.559+10:00CATCO
do you have an interest in silver art?CATCO<br /><br />do you have an interest in silver art?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62216154182891403522021-09-29T19:06:52.202+10:002021-09-29T19:06:52.202+10:00Nice blog! Thanks for sharing such beautiful infor...<br />Nice blog! Thanks for sharing such beautiful information with us. Please keep sharing.<br /><br />Please visit <a href="https://www.freedupbusiness.com.au/" title="FREED Up Bookkeeping & Business Solutions" rel="nofollow">Business Solutions Australia</a><br /><br />CATCO Enterpriseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438873722243796869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10958803006235621162011-04-29T19:51:55.948+10:002011-04-29T19:51:55.948+10:00artlover,
not only apples and oranges, but you are...artlover,<br />not only apples and oranges, but you are comparing the 17th century with the turn of the 20th century. <br /><br />Augsburg silver was made for royals, noble families, the church and fabulously wealthy merchants. The more complex and heavy the silver designs, the more valuable it appeared to be. <br /><br />Vienna Secessionist art objects were made for ordinary middle class families who aspired to be elegant but never royal.<br /><br />The NGV has some stunning Viennese silver *agreed*.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52684283017869845322011-04-29T16:50:42.014+10:002011-04-29T16:50:42.014+10:00Beautiful elaborate stuff but examine the Viennese...Beautiful elaborate stuff but examine the Viennese silver now at the NGV. Sorry about comparing apples and oranges but Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche and others designed blissful silver that was smaller, lighter, and easier to clean.artlover15noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32436062160609624922011-03-27T11:17:27.601+11:002011-03-27T11:17:27.601+11:00I can't find any evidence of Augsburg silver i...I can't find any evidence of Augsburg silver in particular being destroyed. But I can give you two examples of when a ruler felt the need to melt down all the silver art in his kingdom:<br /><br />1. The War of the League of Augsburg (1688–97) was another miserable war fought between King Louis XIV of France and the rest of European in a giant alliance that included King William of England, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, King Charles II of Spain and all the princes of the Holy Roman Empire. France was so drained by the costs of this war that Louis XIV had to have all the vast amounts of silver art (including his throne, furniture, mirrors, chandeliers, dining room ware) at Versailles melted down in 1689. Soon every other nobleman in the country had to do the same.<br /><br />2. The early Prussian Kings needed enormous amounts of silver art for ceremonial and military dinners eg enormous tankards, plates and centrepieces used at smoking parties with officers at the Hall of Knights at the Berlin Palace. Much of the Prussian Royal silver was melted down to finance wars, especially by Frederick the Great in the Silesian Wars of 1740-5.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-23298787565437775682011-03-27T05:30:27.387+11:002011-03-27T05:30:27.387+11:00I heard your lecture on Augsburg, but I can't ...I heard your lecture on Augsburg, but I can't recall hearing why many of the city's silver treasures were destroyed. Does our gallery have any pieces that were saved?Gold Silvernoreply@blogger.com