Studies in European Arms and Armor

Studies in European Arms and Armor
Author: Claude Blair
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Kienbusch Collection is one of the finest holdings of medieval and Renaissance armor and arms in the US. Collected here are six essays that focus on the diversity of the collection, written by a distinguished group of internationally respected scholars, and accompanied by 144 illustrations, 20 in color. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Merchants and Masterpieces

Merchants and Masterpieces
Author: Calvin Tomkins
Publisher: Henry Holt
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1989
Genre:
ISBN: 9780805010343

Beautifully written and newly revised to include the museum's most controversial era, this sparkling social history reveals the ideas and financial power behind the Metropolitan's dramatic 12-year history. Photos.

Beyond Babylon

Beyond Babylon
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2008
Genre: Art, Ancient
ISBN: 1588392953

This important volume describes the art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean.

Angelica Kauffmann, R.A.

Angelica Kauffmann, R.A.
Author: Dorothy Moulton Mayer
Publisher: Colin Smythe
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1972
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Considered by her contemporaries to be one of the greatest and most influential painters of her time, Kaufman's reputation has since fluctuated. Now, with the revival of interest in the neo-classical era, she has regained her true position in the opi

Armoury of the Knights

Armoury of the Knights
Author: Stephen C. Spiteri
Publisher:
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2003
Genre: Armor
ISBN: 9789993239451

Unpublished historical material on arms and armour. Lists and inventories of arms and armour extracted from the spogli of individual knights, the development and layout of the Sala dArmi and its facilities inside the Palace, and the various military storehouses falling under the responsibility of the Commander of Artillery, particularly the polveriste and artillery stores in Malta and Gozo.

Eternal Egypt

Eternal Egypt
Author: Edna R. Russmann
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520230868

The book is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The British Museum and drawn exclusively from the collection of The British Museum, which is among the finest in the world. Illustrated with images of the works in the exhibition, as well as comparative materials, Eternal Egypt is that rare book of interest and value to the general and scholarly audience alike."--BOOK JACKET.