Handbook of Arms and Armor, European and Oriental
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher:
Published: 1921
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead and Download eBook Full
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher:
Published: 1921
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Francine Giese
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-11-04
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9004412646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present volume offers an overview of collecting and displaying Islamic art during the long nineteenth century. A section of the volume focuses on the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels. Special attention is given to little-known collections in Eastern Europe and beyond. L’ouvrage fournit un panorama du collectionnisme d’art islamique au cours du long XIXe siècle, en mettant l’accent sur la figure d’Henri Moser Charlottenfels et des collections méconnues situées en Europe central, et au-delà.
Author: George Cameron Stone
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-03-13
Total Pages: 705
ISBN-13: 0486131297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDIVIndispensable resource employs alphabetized, easy-to-use format. Arquebuses, flintlocks, and other antique guns appear here, along with German armor, Roman short swords, Turkish crossbows, much more. Over 4,500 individual photos and drawings, 875 detailed figures. /div
Author: Claus-Peter Haase
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David G. Alexander
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2015-12-31
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1588395707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArmor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest documented Islamic sword, and is rich in helmets and body armor, decorated with calligraphy and arabesques, that were worn in Iran and Anatolia in the late fifteenth century. Other masterpieces include a jeweled short sword (yatagan) with a blade of "watered" steel that comes from the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, a seventeenth-century gold-inlaid armor associated with Shah Jahan, and two gold-inlaid flintlock firearms belonging to the guard of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Presenting 126 objects, each handsomely photographed and richly documented with a detailed description and discussion of its technical, historical, and artistic importance, this overview of the Met's holdings is supplemented by an introductory essay on the formation of the collection, and appendixes on iconography and on Turkman-style armor.
Author: Frank David Boynton
Publisher:
Published: 1904
Total Pages: 852
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: H. Russell Robinson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-05-22
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0486418189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetailed, scholarly study, enhanced with over 400 illustrations, surveys defensive armor of Persia, Turkey, India, China, Ceylon, the Philippines, Korea, Tibet, and other regions. Splendid overview brings together much previously inaccessible material.
Author: Robert Elgood
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK