Medallic art

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Art medals are a well-known and highly collected form of small bronze sculpture, and are considered a form of exonumia.

Art medals have been produced since the late Renaissance period, and the category was basically invented by Pisanello, who cast them like bronze sculptures, rather than minting them like coins.

Art medals may take such recognized forms as competition "medals" or "awards" for various accomplishments, but are more typically recognized by: (1) their memorialization of a particular place, event, or person (say, portrait medals of Cesare Borgia); (2) the casting process that produced the medal; and (3) the hand of an individual artist at work.

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[edit] Significant medallic artists by nationality

(Note: Where an artist is best known by other than his first given name, the commonly used name is highlighted in boldface.)

[edit] American medallic artists

[edit] Argentine medallic artists

[edit] Australian medallic artists

[edit] Austrian medallic artists

[edit] Belgian medallic artists

[edit] British medallic artists

[edit] Canadian medallic artists

[edit] Croatian medallic artists

[edit] Czech medallic artists

[edit] Danish medallic artists

[edit] Dutch medallic artists

[edit] Finnish medallic artists

[edit] French medallic artists

[edit] German medallic artists

[edit] Hungarian medallic artists

[edit] Irish medallic artists

[edit] Israeli medallic artists

[edit] Italian medallic artists

[edit] Lithuanian medallic artists

[edit] Monégasque (Monaco) medallic artists

[edit] Polish medallic artists

[edit] Portuguese medallic artists

[edit] Romanian medallic artists

[edit] Russian medallic artists

[edit] Slovak medallic artists

[edit] Spanish medallic artists

[edit] Swedish medallic artists

[edit] Swiss medallic artists

[edit] Mints Specializing in Art Medals

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Andor Mészáros, Medal Maker (1900-1972)". museumvictoria.com.au. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/1828/andor-m-sz-ros-medal-maker-1900-1972. Retrieved 8 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Michael Meszaros, Sculptor & Medallist (1945-)". museumvictoria.com.au. http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/2230/michael-meszaros-sculptor-medallist-1945. Retrieved 8 April 2011. 
  3. ^ Richards, Sara . In search of creativity: a song without words, The Medal, No. 56, Spring 2010, pp. 51-62
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