gems, glyptic, engraved gems, agate, cameo, intaglio

Presentation by Anna Maria Moretti Sgubini; introduction by Susan Weber Soros and Stefanie Walker; the authors; Chapter I: John A. Davis, Rome in the Age of the Castellani; Chapter II: Stefanie Walker, The Castellani Family from Fortunato Pio to Alfredo; Chapter III: Stefano Aluffi Pentini, Fortunato Pio Castellani: Founder of the Workshop and Goldsmith to the Roman Aristocracy; Chapter IV: Lucia Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli, Jewels with Intaglios and Cameos: The Castellani and the Roman Engravers; Chapter V: Maurizio Donati, Activity in the Castellani Goldsmith Workshop: Models, Tools, and Unpublished Drawings; Chapter VI: Judy Rudoe, Micromosaics and Their Sources of Inspiration; Chapter VII: Jack Ogden, The Rediscovery of Lost Art: Alessandro Castellani and the Quest for Classical Precision; Chapter VIII: Elizabeth Simpson, “A Perfect Imitation of Ancient Work”: Ancient Jewelry and Castellani Adaptations; Chapter IX: Susan Weber Soros, “Under the Canopy of Civilization”: Castellani Jewelry and Metalwork at the Great International Exhibitions; Chapter X: Antonella Magagnini, Alessandro and Augusto Castellani: Collecting, Museology, and the Antiquarian Market; Chapter XI: Anna Maria Moretti Sgubini, The Augusto Castellani Collection: From the ‘Reception Study’ in Piazza di Trevi to the Hemicycle and Seven Hills Rooms of the Museo Etrusco di Villa Giulia; Chapter XII: Diana Scarisbrick, The Fashion of Archaeological Jewelry: Castellani and Others; Chapter XIII: Maria Grazia Branchetti, The Mottos on Castellani Jewelry from the Documents of the State Archives in Rome; Appendix: Daniela Sinisi, The Castellani Family Archive; followed by catalogue, bibliography, index of names, and photographic references.