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Last Knight The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I
ISBN: HB: 9781588396747, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2019
304 pp., 27.9x23.5 cm, 266 colour illus.
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) crafted a public persona and personal mythology that earned him the romantic sobriquet the "Last Knight" and that perpetuates his legend to this day. In his lifelong quest to establish himself as Europe's n...
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£50,00
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Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms From Pergamon to Rome
ISBN: PB: 9781588396587, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2019
256 pp., 25.4x21.6 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
Authored by internationally renowned scholars, the 20 essays written for this volume explore topics ranging from the influence of Hellenistic art in the ancient Roman world to the ongoing excavations at Pergamon. All aspects of Hellenistic art are di...
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£35,00
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How to Read European Armor
ISBN: PB: 9781588396297, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2017
176 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 175 colour illus.
This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional perfection. Cr...
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£18,99
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Age of Transition Byzantine Culture in the Islamic World
ISBN: PB: 9780300211115, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
160 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 150 colour illus.
In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented "Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition", a groundbreaking exhibition that explored the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. During this time of his...
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£38,00
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Ancient Egypt Transformed The Middle Kingdom
ISBN: HB: 9781588395641, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
400 pp., 31.1x24.9 cm, 365 colour illus., 42 black&white illus., 6 maps
The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030-1700 B.C.), the second great era of ancient Egyptian culture, was a transformational period during which the artistic conventions, cultural principles, religious beliefs, and political systems formed during earlier dynast...
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Ennion Master of Roman Glass
ISBN: PB: 9780300208771, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2015
160 pp., 26.7x23.5 cm, 100 colour illus.
Among glass craftsmen active in the first century A.D., the most famous and gifted was Ennion, who came from the coastal city of Sidon in modern Lebanon. Ennion's glass stood out for its quality and popularity, and his products are distinguished by t...
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