The treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on goldsmithing and sculptureTHE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.C. R. (Charles Robert) Ashbee translationChapter navigation51 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE TREATISES OF BENVENUTO CELLINI ON GOLDSMITHING AND SCULPTURE.TABLE OF CONTENTS.AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND OBJECT OF THE TREATISES & OF CELLINI’S POSITION AS CRAFTSMAN AND AUTHOR.THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING.Chapter I · ON THE ART OF NIELLO.Chapter II · ON FILIGREE WORK.Chapter III · CONCERNING THE ART OF ENAMELLING.Chapter IV · JEWELLERY.Chapter V · HOW TO SET A RUBY.Chapter VI · HOW TO SET AN EMERALD AND A SAPPHIRE.Chapter VII · HOW TO MAKE FOILS FOR ALL SORTS OF TRANSPARENT JEWELS.Chapter VIII · ON THE CUTTING OF THE DIAMOND.Chapter IX · HOW YOU TINT A DIAMOND.Chapter X · HOW TO GIVE A DIAMOND ITS REFLECTOR.Chapter XI · ABOUT WHITE RUBIES AND CARBUNCLES.Chapter XII · MINUTERIE WORK.Chapter XIII · ON CARDINALS’ SEALS.Chapter XIV · HOW TO MAKE STEEL DIES FOR STAMPING COINS.Chapter XV · ABOUT MEDALS.Chapter XVI · HOW THE BEFORE-MENTIONED MEDALS ARE STRUCK.Chapter XVII · ANOTHER WAY OF STRIKING MEDALS WITH THE SCREW.Chapter XVIII · HOW TO WORK IN LARGE WARE, IN GOLD AND SILVER AND SUCH LIKE.[116]Chapter XIX · HOW TO BEGIN MAKING A VASE.Chapter XX · ANOTHER AND A BETTER WAY OF CASTING.Chapter XXI · YET ANOTHER FURNACE. SUCH A ONE AS I MADE IN THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO AT THE TIME OF THE SACK OF ROME.Chapter XXII · HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF GOLD AND SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES AND VASES, & ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH OF THE CRAFT CALLED ‘GROSSERIA.’Chapter XXIII · ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS.Chapter XXIV · A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR THINGS.Chapter XXV · OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER & GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE.Chapter XXVI · HOW TO GILD.Chapter XXVII · A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS & COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS.Chapter XXVIII · A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER SORT OF GILDING COLOUR.Chapter XXIX · HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING.[181]Chapter XXX · HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR GILDING.Chapter XXXI · HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER COLOURING.Chapter XXXII · THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE SAID COLOUR.Chapter XXXIII · WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES.Chapter XXXIV · HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING,[194] THE OTHER FOR ENGRAVING & ETCHING.Chapter XXXV · HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING.Chapter XXXVI · HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT.THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.Chapter I · ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE.Chapter II · HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY IS MADE.Chapter III · ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE UNDER.Chapter IV · HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES, ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE THINGS.Chapter V · HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS, OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES.Chapter VI · OF CARRARA MARBLES.Chapter VII · A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES, WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY GREAT.Chapter VIII · THE MYSTERY OF MAKING GREAT COLOSSI.A GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS.ERRATA.Previous chapter ←Chapter XXXVI · HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT.Next chapter →Chapter I · ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE.All chapters and sections (51)Other sectionsTHE TREATISES OF BENVENUTO CELLINI ON GOLDSMITHING AND SCULPTURE.TABLE OF CONTENTS.AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND OBJECT OF THE TREATISES & OF CELLINI’S POSITION AS CRAFTSMAN AND AUTHOR.THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING.Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536Other sectionsTHE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.Chapters12345678Other sectionsA GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS.ERRATA.The Nymph of Fontainebleau◇THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.◇← CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT.CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE. →
