Re-thinking Renaissance Objects
Re-thinking Renaissance Objects

Author: Peta Motture

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-07

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1444396765

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Inspired by research undertaken for the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Re-thinking Renaissance Objects explores and often challenges some of the key issues and current debates relating to Renaissance art and culture. Puts forward original research, including evidence provided by an in-depth study arising from the Medieval & Renaissance Gallery project Contributions are unusual in their combination of a variety of approaches, but with each paper starting with an examination of the objects themselves New theories emerge from several papers, some of which challenge current thinking

Glass
Glass

Author: Dwight P. Lanmon

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0870996789

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This volume in a series of sixteen that features the more than two thousand works of art in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art focuses on the art of glass. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Dictionary of Enamelling
Dictionary of Enamelling

Author: Erika Speel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-26

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 0429858132

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First Published in 1998 , The Dictionary of Enamelling is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to this most diverse of the decorative arts.Indispensable for anyone interested in the evolution of enamelling technique, the book includes some 400 entries covering every aspect of its history. There are entries on key pieces, individual enamellers, designers, schools, techniques, and the major achievements are described in every era. The knowledge and insight of Erika Speel’s account are supported and enhanced by a brilliantly researched collection of 200 illustrations, 100 in colour, portraying the most dazzling and important pieces, a unique visual record of enamelling history. The Dictionary of Enamelling will be invaluable to people who collect, study, create and enjoy enamels.