A medalist (or medallist ) is an artist who designs medals , plaquettes , badges , metal medallions, coins and similar small works in relief in metal. Historically, medalists were typically also involved in producing their designs, and were usually either sculptors or goldsmiths by background. In modern times, medalists are mostly primarily sculptors of larger works, but in the past the number of medals and coins produced were sufficient to support specialists who spent most of their career producing them. From the 19th century, the education of a medalist often began with time as an engraver, or a formal education in an academy , particularly modeling and portraiture. On coins, a mark or symbol signifying the medalist as the original designer was often included in a hidden location and is not to be mistaken for the symbol of the mint master. Artistic medals and plaquettes are often signed prominently by the artist.
8-1262: Costantino is both a masculine Italian given name and an Italian surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name [ edit ] Costantino Affer (1906–1987), Italian medallist Costantino Barbella (1853–1925), Italian sculptor Costantino Bresciani Turroni (1882–1963), Italian economist and statistician Costantino de Castro , ( fl. 1073 ) Sardinian Roman Catholic bishop Costantino Catena (born 1969), Italian classical pianist Costantino Cedini (1741–1811), Italian painter Costantino Corti , 19th-century Italian sculptor Costantino D'Orazio (born 1974), Italian art critic and curator Costantino Fiaschetti , 18th-century Italian architect Costantino De Giacomo , Italian physician Costantino Lazzari (1857–1927), Italian politician Costantino Nigra (1828–1907), Italian diplomat Costantino Nivola (1911–1988), Italian sculptor Costantino Pasqualotto (1681–1755), Italian painter Costantino Patrizi Naro (1798–1876), Italian cardinal Costantino Rocca (born 1956), Italian golfer Costantino Sala (1913–?), Italian footballer Costantino Sereno (1829–1893), Italian painter People with
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24-460: Is accomplished through the use of either a die for minting coins by hammering or, in modern times, milling or, mostly in prehistoric times and also in Asia, a mold for casting the desired object. Artistic medals and plaquettes have mostly been produced by lost wax casting . The design for the coin faces were originally engraved into the coin dies . It was necessary to use a burin to engrave
32-528: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Costantino Affer Costantino Affer (1906–1987) was an Italian medallist and miniaturist. Affer was born in 1906 in Milan . He studied fine arts at the then Scuola di Brera in Milan, known today as Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera . His area of interests included engraving and sculpture. Affer started exhibiting his works in 1940. Following
40-513: The 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites . His many works of art can be found in museums and private collections. Affer died in 1987 in Milan. Medallist Artistic medals have been produced since the late Renaissance period, and, after some classical precedents and Late Medieval revivals, the form was essentially invented by Pisanello , who is credited with
48-400: The end of World War II , in the early 1950s he focused on medallic art. He was for many years the artistic director of art of Lorioli Fratelli, a Milan-based company specialized in producing medals of all kinds for all purposes. Under Affer's direction, they later expanded their activities to busts and reliefs for public buildings. In 1955 Affer was commissioned to design the official medals for
56-417: The first portrait medal, which has remained a very popular type. He cast them like bronze sculptures, rather than minting them like coins. Medalists are also often confusingly referred to as "engravers" in reference works, referring to the "engraving" of dies, although this is often in fact not the technique used; however many also worked in engraving , the technique in printmaking. The production of coins
64-750: The surname [ edit ] Damian Costantino (born c. 1978 ), American baseball player Gregory Costantino (born 1960), American politician Marco Costantino (born 1991), Italian footballer Mark Americus Costantino (1920–1990), American judge Normando Costantino (born 1952), Argentine Air Force brigadier Raffaele Costantino (1907–1991), Italian footballer Romola Costantino (1930–1988), Australian pianist Rosario Costantino (footballer, born 1997) , Italian football player Sharon Costantino (born 1975), Maltese footballer Steven M. Costantino (born 1957), American politician Tommaso Costantino (1885–1950), Italian fencer See also [ edit ] Costantino Lake ,
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