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ID: 300053615
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300053615

 

Record Type: concept
pietra dura (process) (opus sectile (technique), inlay (process), ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Process of creating works in which pieces of hard, polished stone of varying shapes are set into marble or another hard surface to form a pattern. It differs from "mosaic" in that the pieces are not of uniform size.
 
Terms:
pietra dura (process) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
pietra dura (process) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
pietre dure (process) (C,U,English,AD,U,U)
pietre dure (process) (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
pietre dure (process) (Italian-P,D,U,U)
硬石鑲嵌 (過程) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
yìng shí xiāng qiān (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
ying shi xiang qian (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
ying shih hsiang ch'ien (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
.... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <processes and techniques by specific type>
........ <processes and techniques by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <additive and joining processes and techniques>
............ <additive and joining processes and techniques> (G)
Hierarchy of <surface covering processes and techniques>
................ <surface covering processes and techniques> (G)
Hierarchy of inlay (process)
.................... inlay (process) (G)
Hierarchy of opus sectile (technique)
........................ opus sectile (technique) (G)
Hierarchy of pietra dura (process)
............................ pietra dura (process) (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 將堅硬、帶光澤的石頭裝設於大理石或其他堅硬表面的工藝創作過程。 
Dutch ..... Inlegwerk waarbij stukjes hard, gepolijst steen in een marmeren of een ander hard oppervlak wordt gezet. 
Spanish ..... Trabajo de incrustación en que piezas de piedra dura y pulida son puestas en mármol u otra superficie dura. 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  mosaic (process)
..................................  (inlay (process), <surface covering processes and techniques>, ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) [300138684]
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  commesso (technique)
..................................................  (opus sectile (technique), inlay (process), ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) [300404031]
practiced/ studied by ....  pietra dura artists
......................................  (<artists by medium or work type>, artists (visual artists), ... People (hierarchy name)) [300386320]

Sources and Contributors:
硬石鑲嵌 (過程)............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
....................  藝術名詞與技法辭典 342
pietra dura (process)............  [GCI Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
......................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
......................................  AATA database (2002-) 144058 checked 26 January 2012
......................................  Grove Dictionary of Art (1996) Vol. 24, 779, technique of mosaic
......................................  Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969)
......................................  Rogers, Islamic Art & Design, 1500-1700 (1983) GLOS
......................................  Schneider, Guide to Inventorying Ethnological Collections (1970)
pietre dure (process)............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, ICCD Preferred, VP]
......................................  ICCD database (1988-)
......................................  Lucie-Smith, Diccionario de Términos de Arte (1997)
......................................  Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986) singular form should strictly be kept for mosaic work containing stones of one type.
......................................  Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 871, term applies to a partic. kind of mosaic work in colored stone are used to imitate painting.
......................................  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
ying shih hsiang ch'ien............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.........................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
ying shi xiang qian............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
yìng shí xiāng qiān............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, GCI, ICCD, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 144058 checked 26 January 2012
............  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) precoor.; Byzantine pietre dure
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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