In a Tuscan cave the lost parts of the Gold Tree of Luchinyano] are foun

The lost parts of a gold tree of life of Luchinyano — a grandiose reliquary which was created once by the well-known siyensky jeweler Gabriello D'Antonio are found. The reliquary is considered one of the best masterpieces of the Italian jewelry which represents a morphological trirazdeleniye (roots, a trunk, foliage) and contains a metaphor of life of Christ in three different phases: origin, passions and glory. The masterpiece 2,70 meters high was created in two stages between 1350 and 1471 from gilded coppers, silver and enamel and has the branches decorated with corals, crystals and miniatures. Today reliquary...