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Arms and Armour of the Renaissance Joust
The Renaissance is best known as an age of artists – Michelangelo, da Vinci, Titian and Holbein – but it is also the age of the noble patrons who challenged their painters and …
Bartolomé Bermejo
Painted in 1468, Saint Michael Triumphant over the Devil is the first documented work by Bartolomé Bermejo (c. 1440–c. 1501), a 15th-century Spanish artist by whom only about 20 …
Arms and Armour of the Medieval Joust
Jousting is the most iconic form of mounted combat. For more than five hundred years, the sport itself, and the chivalric culture that surrounded it, took on almost mythical …
Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Knives, Swords, Daggers and Blades
This is a detailed history in two volumes of the development of daggers, fighting knives, bayonets, swords, sabers and lances, from the Stone Age through to the latest utilitarian …
Knives, Daggers & Bayonets, the World Encyclopedia of
Since sharpened tools emerged almost one million years ago, edged weapons have played an incredible role in the shaping of human history. This beautifully presented volume traces …
Noble Art of the Sword, the
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 …
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets
This is an authoritative history and visual directory of sharp-edged weapons and blades from around the world, with more than 700 stunning photographs. It features a directory of …
Pictorial History of Knives, Daggers & Bayonet
Cultures from all over the world crafted fighting blades, many of them so elaborately formed and decorated that they are noted for their beauty and craftsmanship as they are for …
Renaissance Combat
"e;Dierk Hagedorn continues to solidify his reputation as one of today's most talented authorities on German Fechtbucher with another superlative volume... Highly recommended …
Illustrated Directory of Knives, Daggers & Bayonets
This is a visual encyclopedia of edged weapons from around the world, including knives, daggers, bayonets, machetes and khanjars, with over 500 illustrations. This is a visual …
Henry Moore
Coinciding with the major exhibition of the same name, Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads traces the footsteps of the artist through the armouries of the Wallace Collection, where he …