Author: Guy Francis LakingPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5873991685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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Catalogue of the European Armour and Arms in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House
Author: Guy Francis LakingPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5873991685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 980
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Catalogue
Author: Warburg Institute. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Catalogue of the art treasures of the United Kingdom, collected at Manchester
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Catalogues of Sales
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Library Catalog
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: David G. AlexanderPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395707
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Armor 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.
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886, Empire of India--special Catalogue of Exhibits by the Government of India and Private Exhibitors
Author: Sir Thomas WardlePublisher:
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Category : Agricultural machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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A Bibliography of the Japanese Empire
Author: Friedrich von WencksternPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Catalogue of a collection of works of decorative art; being a selection from the museum at Marlborough house
Author: sir John Charles RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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