Arms and armor : highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Dirk H. Breiding.

Arms and armor : highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art /

"The Philadelphia Museum of Art's holdings of arms and armor are among the finest of their kind in the world. This volume reveals how arms and armor-uniting art, fashion, design, politics, and technology-can be seen as unique expressions of human creativity"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breiding, Dirk H. (Author)
Corporate Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, Philadelphia Museum of Art ; 2020
Subjects:
Philadelphia Museum of Art > Catalogs.
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Weapons > Catalogs.
Armor > Catalogs.
Weapons > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Catalogs.
Armor > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Catalogs.
Armor.
Weapons.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogs.
Description
Summary:"The Philadelphia Museum of Art's holdings of arms and armor are among the finest of their kind in the world. This volume reveals how arms and armor-uniting art, fashion, design, politics, and technology-can be seen as unique expressions of human creativity"--
Physical Description:311 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780876332924
0876332920

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