The noble art of the sword : fashion and fencing in Renaissance Europe / Tobias Capwell ; with essays by Sydney Anglo...[et al.].
2012
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Title
The noble art of the sword : fashion and fencing in Renaissance Europe / Tobias Capwell ; with essays by Sydney Anglo...[et al.].
Created/published
London : Wallace Collection, 2012.
Description
256 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm
Associated name
Note
"First published to accompany the exhibition The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe 1520-1630 at the Wallace Collection, London, 17 May-16 September 2012"--title page verso.
Accompanying a major international exhibition at the Wallace Collection (May-September 2012), this book celebrates this artistic and cultural importance of the sword, as a symbol of power and prestige, as a flamboyant fashion statement and as an icon in the Age of Discovery. It will feature weapons and related works of art from the Wallace Collection as well as other great collections of arms and armour; never-before-seen works on fencing drawn from the library of the 8th Lord Howard de Walden; and portraits, prints and drawings that will help place the Renaissance civilian sword in its social and artistic context. It will also help explore the ancient origins since the first Olympiad of the modern era of 1896, revealing a place in history where art and sport converged. Exhibition: Wallace Collection, London (17.5.-16.9.2012).
Accompanying a major international exhibition at the Wallace Collection (May-September 2012), this book celebrates this artistic and cultural importance of the sword, as a symbol of power and prestige, as a flamboyant fashion statement and as an icon in the Age of Discovery. It will feature weapons and related works of art from the Wallace Collection as well as other great collections of arms and armour; never-before-seen works on fencing drawn from the library of the 8th Lord Howard de Walden; and portraits, prints and drawings that will help place the Renaissance civilian sword in its social and artistic context. It will also help explore the ancient origins since the first Olympiad of the modern era of 1896, revealing a place in history where art and sport converged. Exhibition: Wallace Collection, London (17.5.-16.9.2012).
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p.246-253).
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
NK6742 .C37 2012