METALWORKS!: The ARMOURER, the SILVERSMITH and the BLACKSMITH - History in the Making

Описание: METALWORKS! is a documentary that looks at the history of British metalworking that has taken place over the centuries, including the history of the armourer, the work of the blacksmith, and the art of the silversmith.

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*The Knight's Tale:* Celebrating the age of armour, Tobias Capwell tells how King Henry VIII fused German technology with Renaissance artistry to become the image of the perfect knight. Using the talents of foreign craftsmen and his court artist Hans Holbein, Henry transformed himself into a living metal sculpture. Queen Elizabeth I further exploited that image, making her courtiers parade before her in the most innovative and richly decorated works ever commissioned in steel.

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*The Blacksmith's Tale:* A look at how progress met creative invention and how blacksmiths created items that both served and embellished society, from the earliest ornate hinges and doors to magnificent baroque gates and mass-produced street furniture, revealing the mastery of metalworkers such as Jean Tijou, Robert Bakewell, and John Tresilian, the designs of Robert Adam and George Gilbert Scott, and the mass marketers of the Victorian age, such as the Saracen Foundry. Treasures are drawn from all corners of the UK in a celebration of the best of British decorative ironwork.

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*The Golden Age of Silver:* Historian Dan Cruickshank visits Britain's finest country houses, museums, and factories as he uncovers the 18th- and 19th-century fascination with silver. Delving into an unsurpassed era of shimmering opulence, heady indulgence, and conspicuous consumption, Dan discovers the Georgian and Victorian obsession with this tantalising precious metal, which represented status, wealth, and excellent taste. Dan gives us a glimpse of some of the most extensive collections and exquisite pieces of silverware ever made on British shores.

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