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Heroic armor of the Italian Renaissance : Filippo Negroli and his contemporaries / Stuart W. Pyhrr and José-A. Godoy ; with essays and a compilation of documents by Silvio Leydi.
Fine Arts Library NK6652.A1 P95 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pyhrr, Stuart W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Negroli, Filippo.
- Armor, Renaissance--Italy--Exhibitions.
- Armor, Renaissance.
- Armor--Italy--Exhibitions.
- Armor.
- Armorers.
- History.
- Exhibitions.
- Italy.
- Negroli, Filippo--Exhibitions.
- Armorers--Italy--History--16th century--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- x, 357 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, [1998]
- Summary:
- A round 1525, a new fashion emerged in armor design inspired by the forms and ornament of classical art. Embossed in high relief, richly gilt, and inlaid with gold and silver, these lavish parade armors are invariably associated with Filippo Negroli, the most innovative and celebrated of the renowned armorers of Milan. This richly illustrated book accompanies the first exhibition devoted to Negroli and Renaissance armor in the classical style.
- Filippo and his family numbered among their exalted patrons the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and members of the French court. Superlative shields, helmets, breastplates, and more were beautifully photographed for this volume, displaying Filippo's virtuoso skill at modeling in high relief. Individual commentaries draw on new research to explain the Negroli armorers' extraordinary technical abilities, which, combined with their imaginative adaptation of antique motifs, resulted in an original art form that evokes the pomp and pageantry of the Renaissance courts.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1998-Jan. 17, 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-349) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0870998722
- 0810965291
- OCLC:
- 39189929
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