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...cost of painting, but they could also cover enormous surfaces with sumptuous effects. Monarchs loved them, setting up weaving factories in the Netherlands, France, Naples and Madrid. Naturally, the Medici had to have their own. Most elaborate of all were the pietre dure designs--fantastically elaborate inlays of jasper, lapis lazuli, serpentine and all manner of semiprecious stones, sawed into thin sheets and assembled as a jigsaw by gem cutters. Francesco de' Medici in particular, Cosimo's son, took delight in these because of his proto-scientific, alchemical interests; he was fascinated, like someone seeing pictures in the fire...
...cost of painting, but they could also cover enormous surfaces with sumptuous effects. Monarchs loved them, setting up weaving factories in the Netherlands, France, Naples and Madrid. Naturally, the Medici had to have their own. Most elaborate of all were the pietre dure designs - fantastically elaborate inlays of jasper, lapis lazuli, serpentine and all manner of semiprecious stones, sawed into thin sheets and assembled as a jigsaw by gem cutters. Francesco de' Medici in particular, Cosimo's son, took delight in these because of his proto-scientific, alchemical interests; he was fascinated, like someone seeing pictures in the fire...
...Freeman and his friends never saw the exhibit of “Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons,” which featured cutting-edge work from the last 40 years, including a giant stainless-steel balloon dog and oversized furniture...
Pace would oversee much more radical changes in the art world, however. One of its most notable transactions took place when the Glimchers negotiated the deal for the sale of Jasper Johns’ “American Flags,” the first painting by a living artist to sell for $1 million dollars...
Pace would oversee much more radical changes in the art world, however. One of its most notable transactions took place when the Glimchers negotiated the deal for the sale of Jasper Johns’ “American Flags,” the first painting by a living artist to sell for $1 million. “It was a watershed moment,” Glimcher said. “I don’t know whether for good or for bad, but it was tremendous. It made the front page of the New York Times. Art had entered...