(see metalwork; goldwork).
A brief treatment of goldwork follows.
Although some delicate, finely wrought goldwork is known, most pieces consist of heavy casting, with lost-wax tracery (interlaced patterns of metal cast in a wax mold) in which animal and bird forms predominate.
The Laotians have a variety of regional and rural art forms, including weaving, basketmaking, wood and ivory carving, silverwork, and goldwork.
Gallehus Horns, pair of gold, horn-shaped artifacts from 5th-century Scandinavia that constituted the most notable examples of goldwork of that period.
Carved stone objects, fantastic pottery that demonstrates the most advanced skills, evidences of stone construction, and remarkably sophisticated goldwork all bear witness to a truly magnificent era in ancient history.
Nazca goldwork seems not to have been up to the standards achieved by other Peruvian metalwork; by and large it is a listless product, having only the material to recommend it.
In Ecuador the goldwork found at La Tolita is legendary and shows a skill in casting and overlay that did not seem to exist elsewhere in the region.
Kris received his doctorate in art history from the University of Vienna in 1922 and was appointed an assistant curator at the Vienna Kunsthistoriches museum, soon gaining a reputation as a leading authority on gems, intaglios, and goldwork.
After the Thirty Years' War, Germany did not regain its eminence; even the enamelled goldwork from the court workshops at Prague and Munich, which became larger and more ostentatious in colour, was inferior in design and finish.
Two later cultures north of this site, which have yielded a more generous quantity of art objects, are Calima, known for its goldwork, and Quimbaya, whose gold and pottery are both important cultural indicators.
