Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles Including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics

by Rudolf Distelberger, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, Timothy H. Wilson, Daphne S. Barbour (Contribution by)

Overview

The National Gallery's distinguished collection of decorative arts includes more than eighty works, such as Abbot Suger's jeweled sardonyx cup from the royal abbey of St. Denis, a Limoges reliquary, and a Mosan lion aquamanile. The extensive collection of Renaissance ceramics is primarily Italian maiolica but also represents rare Medici porcelain and "Saint-Porchaire" ware.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521470681
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	01/21/1993
Series:	National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogues , #5
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	9.75(w) x 11.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Catalogue; Medieval metalwork and enamels Alison Luchs and Philippe Verdier; Late Medieval and Renaissance decorative arts Alison Luchs; Renaissance enamels Philippe Verdier; Technical appendix I: The enamels Daphne S. Barbour and Shelley G. Sturman; Renaissance ceramics Timothy H. Wilson; Technical appendix II: The 'Saint-Porchaire' ceramics Daphne S. Barbour, Shelley G. Sturman and Pamela B. Vandiver; Jewels Rudolf Distelberger.

Editorial Reviews

' … a thought-provoking contextual study which represents a significant step forward in the art-historical appraisal of Tullio Lombardo, as well as of Venetian Renaissance sculpture as a whole. It is certainly one of the most rewarding books published recently in this field.' Joachim Strupp, The Art Book

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