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品名（中）	圣乔治屠龙盾
品名（英）	Shield Depicting Saint George Slaying the Dragon
入馆年号	1914年，14.25.1884
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1535 - 公元 1595
创作地区	原产国: 意大利, 米兰（Country of Origin: Italy, Milan）
分类	护罩（Shields）
尺寸	直径 23 1/4 英寸 (59.1 厘米); 深 at center 3 1/16 英寸 (7.8 厘米); 重 8 磅 6 盎司 (3810 g)
介绍（中）	十六世纪中后期的意大利盔甲师生产的盔甲具有惊人的奢华和复杂的装饰。他们使用了一种称为压花或重复和追逐的技术——通过从表面浮雕设计，然后在正面凿凿和归档细节来装饰金属。由于这种方法严重削弱了装甲板并消除了用于偏转武器的光滑表面，因此专门用于军事和公民节日的仪式用途。遵循内格罗利盔甲车间的传统，米兰盔甲师追求新的绘画和雕塑风格的盔甲装饰。盾牌、头盔和整个盔甲上浮雕着古代历史、传说、神话和圣经中复杂多样的场景。为了进一步丰富凸起的表面，它们通常用金或银制成大马士革，并与赤褐色或蓝色背景形成对比。这一时期最好的盔甲装饰师是卢西奥·皮奇尼诺（Lucio Piccinino，活跃于 1575-90 年），据说他自己设计、浮雕和大马士革，将通常分配给不同工匠的技能结合起来。
介绍（英）	Italian armorers of the mid to late sixteenth century produced armors with amazingly lavish and complex decoration. They used a technique known as embossing or repoussé and chasing—the ornamentation of metal by raising designs in relief from the surface and then chiseling and filing the details on the front. Because this method seriously weakened armor plate and eliminated the smooth surfaces that served to deflect weapons, embossed armors were created exclusively for ceremonial use in military and civic festivals. Following the tradition of the Negroli armor workshop, Milanese armorers pursued new pictorial and sculptural styles of armor decoration. Shields, helmets, and entire armors were embossed with complex, multifigured scenes from ancient history, legends, mythology, and the Bible. To further enrich the raised surfaces, they were often damascened with gold or silver and contrasted with a russet or blued background. The finest armor decorator of the period was Lucio Piccinino (active about 1575–90), who reputedly designed, embossed, and damascened the armors himself, uniting skills usually assigned to separate craftsmen.