Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: The Rhine from the Dutch to the Alsatian Frontier
Author: Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Author: Marina BelozerskayaPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892367857
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
The Athenæum
Author: Medieval Art
Author: Michael Byron NorrisPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588390837
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This educational resource packet covers more than 1200 years of medieval art from western Europe and Byzantium, as represented by objects in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among the contents of this resource are: an overview of medieval art and the period; a collection of aspects of medieval life, including knighthood, monasticism, pilgrimage, and pleasures and pastimes; information on materials and techniques medieval artists used; maps; a timeline; a bibliography; and a selection of useful resources, including a list of significant collections of medieval art in the U.S. and Canada and a guide to relevant Web sites. Tote box includes a binder book containing background information, lesson plans, timeline, glossary, bibliography, suggested additional resources, and 35 slides, as well as two posters and a 2 CD-ROMs.
The Art of Making Armour
Author: Robert ValentinePublisher:
ISBN: 9781561675272
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Directory of Museums & Living Displays
Author: Kenneth HudsonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349070149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1067
Book Description
A handbook for travellers in southern Germany [by J. Murray. 1st, 2nd] 3rd, 5th, 7th-9th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th ed. [2 issues of the 7th ed. The 15th ed. is in 2pt.].
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Author: John MurrayA Handbook for Travellers in South Germany and Austria
Author: John Murray (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Austria
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria)
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bavaria (Germany)
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description