Knights in shining armor : myth and reality 1450-1650 / Ida Sinkević, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sinkević, Ida, 1960-

Allentown Art Museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allentown Art Museum.

Armor, Medieval--Europe--Exhibitions.

Armor, Medieval.

Armor in art--Exhibitions.

Armor in art.

Allentown Art Museum--Exhibitions.

Europe.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

84 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Piermont, N.H. : Bunker Hill Publishing, in association with Allentown Art Museum, 2006.

Summary:

A lavish exploration of the culture, symbolism and craftsmanship of Arms and Armor at a time when their artistic and ornamental importance, in fine art as much as in the armor work itself, was superceding battlefield use.

Contents:

The Culture of Arms in the Renaissance and Baroque / Ida Sinkevic 14

Arms, Armor and the Artist / Jeffrey L. Forgeng, Cristina Bauer 36

"To show posteritie the manner ofsouldiers apparel": Arms and Armor in European Prints / James Clifton 56

David Teniers the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Younger: Partnership or Pastiche? / Noelle Ocon 74.

Notes:

Exhibition at Allentown Art Museum.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [82]-83).

ISBN:

1593730551

9781593730550

OCLC:

84915192