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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 the history of
daggers, knives and bayonets through to the 21st century. The
directory features more than 350 examples, from ancient Egyptian
flint knives to the rondel and ballock daggers of medieval Europe,
and from 17th-century plug bayonets and the Highland dirk to the
classic commando knives of World War II. It explores the
development of daggers, fighting knives and bayonets from their
origins in the Stone Age through to the latest utilitarian and
creative designs. With over 700 photographs, the book is an
indispensable resource for the serious collector and amateur
enthusiast, and will fascinate anyone with an interest in
historical weapons.
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 qualities. Here, Tobias
Capwell explains the glitz and glamour of a sport that attracted
enormous popular audiences throughout the late middle ages. Though
he deals almost exclusively with weapons and warriors, Capwell
tells a story not of war and destruction, but of pageantry and
valour. This is the story of the armour of peace. The book forms
part of a series of introductions to aspects of the Royal
Armouries' collection of arms and armour. Written by specialists in
the field, they are packed full of fascinating information and
stunning photography. Royal Armouries is the national museum of
arms and armour, with sites at Leeds, the Tower of London and Fort
Nelson, Hampshire.
'The idea of one form inside another form may owe some of its
incipient beginnings to my interest at one stage when I discovered
armour. I spent many hours in the Wallace Collection, in London,
looking at armour.' Henry Moore, 1980. 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 encountered 'objects of power' that profoundly
influenced his work for the rest of his career. Captivated by
helmets in particular, Moore saw in them a fundamental form idea -
an outer shell which could protect something vulnerable inside.
Tobias Capwell identifies the specific helmets which inspired the
artist and examines these alongside Moore's sculptures for the very
first time. The reasons for his fascination with armour and the
implications it had on his art, are explored by Hannah Higham and
set in the context of Moore's life and work - one punctuated by
global conflicts and artistic experiment. Richly illustrated, this
catalogue reveals the origins of some of Henry Moore's most
innovative works and examines in depth for the first time this
largely unknown aspect of his career.
Painted in 1468, Saint Michael Triumphant over the Devil is the
first documented work by Bartolome Bermejo (c. 1440-c. 1501), a
15th-century Spanish artist by whom only about 20 paintings are
known. Acquired by the National Gallery in 1995, the painting
depicts the Archangel Michael defeating Satan, in the form of a
hybrid monster, with Antoni Joan, feudal lord of Tous, kneeling
nearby. The work is remarkable for its mastery of the oil-painting
technique, influenced by Netherlandish painting and unrivaled by
Bermejo's contemporaries in Spain. Following the painting's
detailed technical examination and restoration, the authors provide
a fascinating account of this rare work, accompanied by high
quality new photography and placing the painting in the broader
context of Bermejo's career in 15th-century Aragon.
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 of power and
prestige, as a flamboyant fashion statement and as an icon in the
Age of Discovery. It will feature weapons and related works of art
from the Wallace Collection as well as other great collections of
arms and armour; never-before-seen works on fencing drawn from the
library of the 8th Lord Howard de Walden; and portraits, prints and
drawings that will help place the Renaissance civilian sword in its
social and artistic context. It will also help explore the ancient
origins since the first Olympiad of the modern era of 1896,
revealing a place in history where art and sport converged.
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