El arte de la platería en Bolonia durante los siglos XVI-XVIII

This research is aimed at provide a general vision of the art of the silversmith's in Bologna during the Modern Age, from the 16th century until ends of the 18th century, from the Counter-reformation up to the arrival of the Napoleonic troops in 1796. Without forgetting the previous situation, the Middle Ages, which constitutes the principal stage of the art of the silvesmith's in Bologna. For it, the study has focused in two points, definite well but complementary and indivisible between them. On the one hand, all the aspects of the union across the questions related to the organization, management and development of the office, as well as the social and religious situation of the corporation and of his individuals. All this across the analysis of his ordinances, the legal dispositions(regulations) that they were regulating. Once established the professional frame, the second part centres exclusively on the work, the artistic object, his promoters, his artists, the characteristics of the bolognese silverware, his influences and typologies.