Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries by Pyhrr, Stuart W. and Godoy, Jose A - 1998

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Catalog from an the exhibition of the same name at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. x, 357 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York: The Metropolian Museum of Art, 1998. Hardcover. VG/VG. Charcoal cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering. Glossy illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. x, 357 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Maps. "The second quarter of the sixteenth century witnessed the emergence of a new fashion of armor design based on the forms and ornament found in classical art. Embossed in high relief, richly gilt, and damascened in gold and silver, these lavish parade armors all'antica were worn by Renaissance kings and captains who wished to project an aura of power and virtue by arraying themselves like the heroes of ancient Roman history and mythology. The re-creation of classically inspired armor is invariably associated with Filippo Negroli, the most innovative and celebrated of the renowned armorers of Milan." "The core of the book is a thorough reexamination of all the armors signed by Filippo Negroli. Additional works are attributed to him, and lost works are identified. The authors confirm… Read More

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