Capwell, Tobias
[Other];
Anglo, Sydney
[Other]
;
Wallace Collection,
Exhibition The Noble Art of the Sword. Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe 1520-1630 2012 London
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Media type:
Book;
Still Image;
Exhibition Catalogue
Title:
The noble art of the sword
:
fashion and fencing in Renaissance Europe ; 1520 - 1630 ; [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]
Description:
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)