Catalogue of Important Works of Art (mostly of Early Periods), Including Armour and Weapons
Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
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Published: 1922
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Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
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Published: 1922
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sotheby's (firme).
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 20
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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.
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 722
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leavitt Leavitt
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-03-24
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780365516163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Catalogue of the Collection of Arms, Armor, and Other Objects of Art, the Property of H. Cogniat, Esq.: Comprising His Entire Collection, Formerly Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of This City, Forming the Finest and Choicest Assortment Ever Offered at Public Sale in This Country The collecti on of bronzes and clocks, illustrating early French periods, with remarkable specimens of the Imperial fashion, are attractive portions of the exhibition. An exceedingly rare collection of coins, remarkably rich in French, Spanish, and German money, gives completeness to the mass of artistic treasures exhibited. In medals of ench origin, some of the rarest impressions may be found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Stuart W. Pyhrr
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 67
ISBN-13: 1588390268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA celebration of more than a decade of collecting by the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Arms and Armour since the reinstallation of its permanent galleries in 1991. Fifty-eight of the most important recent acquisitions are featured in this volume.
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 816
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