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Title: Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art by Stephen N. Fliegel, Cleveland Museum of Art ISBN: 0-940717-47-6 Publisher: Cleveland Museum of Natural Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A well-written, accessible guide to armor, with minor flaws.
Comment: Although this book specifically catalogues the armor collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art -- issued to commemorate the Museum's splendid renovation of its legendary Armor Court -- this is a fine, intelligent, and comprehensive overview for anyone interested in how arms and armor were made, used, and venerated from the Middle Ages through the Baroque period.
The only reservation I have about this book is the author's curious reluctance to fully acknowledge the real purpose of these items. Yes, arms and armor can be beautiful -- and the examples provided here surely are -- but it cannot be forgotten that they are at their core instruments of war, meant to kill, maim, or at the very least, intimidate. This book implies that arms and armor are merely fashion statements, much as we venerate the clothing designs of Versace, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Geoffrey Beene, etc. today. It's pretty to think so, but an overly romanticized viewpoint.
This reservation, however, is not enough to prevent me from highly recommending this book.
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Title: The Art of Making Armour: A Craftsman's Guide to Creating Authentic Armour Reproductions by Rob Valentine, Robert Valentine ISBN: 156167527X Publisher: American Literary Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: TECHNIQUES OF MEDIEVAL ARMOUR REPRODUCTION: THE 14TH CENTURY by Brian R. Price ISBN: 1581600984 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries by Stuart W. Pyhrr, Jose-A Godoy, Silvio Leydi ISBN: 0300086180 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Coun by George Cameron Stone ISBN: 0486407268 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 03 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Armourer and His Craft : From the XIth to the XVIth Century by Charles ffoulkes ISBN: 0486258513 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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