Dinanderie

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Aristotle and Phyllis, Dinanderie (Meuse valley, first part of the 15th century).

Dinanderie is a historical term that has been used since the 15th century for cast brass goods made from sheet metal , derived from Dinant , the main production site in the Meuse valley . The meaning of the word expanded over time to include products from all over the Meuse Valley, then also for those from Flanders , Brabant and neighboring German regions, especially Aachen . In Germany, apart from the art historical terminology, it has been out of use since the 19th century, but is still widespread in French-speaking regions today.

history

Lavabo set on a painting by Robert Campin , around 1438

Basis of the 17th century until flowering of 12 industries were in the area of present-day Belgium situated deposits of calamine , a zinc-containing mineral that is processed with imported copper to brass.

Famous, often figuratively decorated casts from the Romanesque period are sometimes made of brass (even if the material is often referred to as bronze , from which it is not always easy to distinguish externally): The baptismal font of Reiner von Huy in Liège, (1107–1118) , the Cappenberger Barbarossakopf or the candlestick in the Milan Cathedral (around 1200) are also included, as well as numerous church furnishings: lavabo kettles and basins, jugs and aquamaniles , holy water buckets and incense kettles, eagle stands , engraved grave plates (Netherlands, England), chandeliers, later in the secular area also jugs, bowls and other household appliances.

Since the late Middle Ages also made of sheet metal are driven vessels are more common. After Dinant was destroyed in 1466, however, the main production facilities relocated to northern Germany and later to Nuremberg.

literature

  • Auguste Demmin: Studies on the material-forming arts and handicrafts , part 4: The precious or gold and silver forging art ; the hustle and bustle, especially dinanderie, tin casting and so on, in their historical developments , Thomas Leipzig 1888, DNB 365493511 .
  • Paul Schoenen: Dinanderie , in: Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte , Volume 4, 1955, Sp. 1–12.
  • Jean Squilbeck: Dinanderie. In: Rhine and Maas - Art and Culture 800-1400. Exhibition catalog. Schnütgen-Museum, Cologne 1972, DNB 720285240 , pp. 67-72.
  • Anna-Elisabeth Theuerkauff-Liederwald: Medieval bronze and brass vessels: buckets, jugs, lavabo vessels (= bronze devices of the Middle Ages , volume 4). Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-87157-099-0 , pp. 11-25.
  • Rudolf Einsiedel: Arts and crafts coppersmithing , Projekt-Verlag 188, Halle 2006, ISBN 978-3-86634-208-8 .

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  1. ↑ The French word laiton describes the material brass, while dinanderie today describes historical objects and artistically designed handicrafts made from this material.