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Photograph of Object
Introduction
This is Cassone with the Conquest of Trebizond, made by Marco del Buono Giamberti and
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso in the 1460s. This essay analyzes this object and explains why it
should be added to the Italian Renaissance module, arguing that it represents a module concept
and comparing to an object in the module.
Analysis: Physical Properties
To address the physical properties, the object is made strictly with gold and silver comprised on
wood, made by painting gold and silver pigments onto the “marriage chest” in forms of
symbols, or narratives. It is painted. The size of the work is 39 1/2 x 77 x 32 7/8 inches and is
roughly the size of a big luggage trunk. Standing next to this work would make you feel
somewhat small since this chest standing on its side is about the size of a basketball player.
Analysis: Form
The form of this work is best described as naturalistic since the symbols and narratives painted
on the side of the chest were more natural, human-like, etc. Space is handled by including detail
within the paintings causing the forms in front to be seen more better and in better detail than
the forms in the background, or the far back. Line appears in the detailing of the chest itself, and
within the paintings along the sides of the chest, which is visible in the combination of curvy
and straight lines on the perimeter of the chest, and within the paintings themselves. The
composition is very balanced as seen by the people spread about the paintings, and structures
set in particular spots of the painting that give it a balanced feel. The texture is rough around
the perimeter of the chest since it is made of carved wood, but the painting alongside the chest
seems smooth. Color is handled by using mainly gold and silver paint to emphasize the true
nature of the narrative and/or symbol depicted on the chest.
Analysis: Subject Matter
The subject matter of this work is that chest like this one are marital gifts for the bride to
basically demonstrate the wealth if the family. The signs that reveal this subject are the huge
size of the chest obvious used to hold important things such as jewelry, and the particular use of
gold and silver paint to show wealth.
Analysis: Context
This work was created for the purpose of holding things such as jewelry, accessories, clothing,
etc. for a bride. The people who made it believed that chests like these would demonstrate how
wealthy the bride’s family was to the people of the town. The circumstances at the time that
most profoundly affected it creation and use were the abundance of expensive metals, and
stones making it easy for wealthy families to obtain such materials just to have something
created that symbolizes their wealth, power, influence, etc.
Justification: Concept
This work should be added to the module because it illustrates the module concept of Italian
Renaissance art being used by patrons to demonstrate their wealth, intellect, status, and piety,
and interest in antiquity. It embodies this concept because marital chests were often used to
depict the family of the bride as powerful, and wealthy.
Justification: Comparison
I would include this work in the module to accompany the “Gates of Paradise”. The two works
share extreme detail and used expensive materials although they differ in which one is an
entrance, and the other is a chest. The work I add to the module would illustrate how
demonstrating wealth and power was important during this time period.
Conclusion
In conclusion, this essay has analyzed Cassone with the Conquest of Trebizond and
demonstrated that it should be added to the Italian Renaissance module in order to illustrate
how art was being used by patrons to demonstrate their wealth, intellect, status, and piety, and
interest in antiquity.
Sources consulted
Elaine Hoysted, "
Cassone with the Conquest of Trebizond
," in
Smarthistory
, November 22, 2015,
accessed February 7, 2022,
https://smarthistory.org/cassone-with-the-conquest-of-
trebizond/
.
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