The art of the medal / Mark Jones

London : British Museum Publications, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index. Contents: The origins of the medal -- Pisanello -- Durer and the German renaissance -- Quentin Matsys and the renaissance in the Netherlands -- The medal in sixteenth-century France -- The pursuit of elegance: italian Mannerist medals -- From and the Armada to the Civil WAr: Nicholas Hilliard and the Simons -- Depr� and WArin: The Sun King and his enemies -- Italian Baroque -- The Rococo to revolution: the medal in eighteenth century France -- The Wyons and the age of Neo-classicism -- Romanticism and the revival of the the cast medallion. The development of art nouveau in France -- The decorative and the decadent: medals at the turn of the century -- German expressionism -- Art deco -- What is it? the contemporary medal. Subjects: Medals Europe History. Numismatics history. Medals Europe. Medals History. European medals, to 1977. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated.