Between 1615 and 1640, Parisian goldsmiths were known throughout Europe for a decorative motif called the cosse de pois (peapod). This design for ornament was based on the representation of the garden pea (pisum sativum), a common staple of the French diet and one of the oldest cultivated crops on the planet. Trained to carve designs into metal, goldsmiths who were unable to join the Parisian guild turned to printmaking as an alternative theatre for the exercise of their craft. The goldsmiths found in the pea a rich medium for exploring analogies between artistic and organic means of generating bodies. Following the devastation of the French Wars of Religion of the late sixteenth century, the pea as the ornament of gold jewellery offered the image of a fecund, regenerative body, a panacea to infertility and an antidote to the parasitic excesses of the nobility

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厨房花园的装饰品：豌豆作为路易十三法国金匠的主题

1615 年至 1640 年间，巴黎金匠以一种称为 cosse de pois（豌豆荚）的装饰图案而闻名于整个欧洲。这种装饰设计基于豌豆（pisum sativum）的表现，豌豆是法国饮食的常见主食，也是地球上最古老的栽培作物之一。受过将设计雕刻成金属的训练，无法加入巴黎行会的金匠转向版画作为练习他们手艺的替代剧院。金匠们在豌豆中发现了一种丰富的媒介，可以探索艺术和有机生成身体的方式之间的类比。随着 16 世纪后期法国宗教战争的破坏，豌豆作为黄金首饰的装饰品提供了一个多产、可再生的身体形象，