9780500236796 - The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

1st Edition. Minor library marks remain internally. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description: 424 pages. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition jointly sponsored by the Frick Collection and the National Gallery of Art, and held in New York and Washington, D.C. Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-412) and index. Also published by Harry N Abrams, New York. Contents: Prototypes: the medals of the Duke of Berry, c1400; Italy, 15th century; Italy, 16th century; Germany, 16th century; France, 16th and early-17th centuries; England and the Low Countries, 16th and early-17th centuries; documentation; bibliography; index. Summary: Abstract: ScU4/5 (ItS4/5). The portrait medal was one of the key sculptural forms of the Renaissance, a manifesto for the humanist cult of personal fame and a vehicle for some of the finest artists of the age. Yet this most subtle and delicate variety of relief sculpture has chiefly been the province of collectors and connoisseurs, viewed as an intriguing branch of numismatics, rather than an art form in its own right. This study explores the great formative period of the portrait medal, and accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Frick Collection, New York. It combines the expertise of 31 specialists with examples drawn from the finest collections in the world, both public and private. The medallions depict in detail the faces and figures of the famous - Lorenzo de'Medici, Savonarola, Michelangelo, Erasmus, Dilrer, the monarchs of Europe - as well as those whose names live on purely through the splendour of the medals they commissioned. Over 170 specimens, dating from the 15th to the 17th centuries, are discussed and illustrated, assembling many of the most striking Renaissance portraits ever carved or cast, often in combination with allegories and scenes, or to commemorate particular events. Subjects: Medals, Renaissance Exhibitions. Portraits. History. National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.). Sculpture, Renaissance. ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Coins, Currency & Medals. Genre: Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition in Great Britain. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 280mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). 424pp. B/w and colour illustrations of more than 170 medals. N.B.: Heavy volume - extra shipping needed for overseas. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2150grams, ISBN:0500236798.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: 424 pages; 495 illustrations; 107 colours; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-412) and index. Subjects: Medals, Renaissance; Exhibitions. Portraits, Renaissance; Exhibitions. Medals History. Medals Exhibitions. Portrait medallions Exhibitions. Medallions Medals Mediaeval and modern. National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.). Genre: Exhibition catalogues. 3 Kg.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Illustrated by John Bigelow Taylor (illustrator). 1st UK Edition; First Printing. A first United Kingdom edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with minor shelfwear in a Very Good dust-jacket that is also shelfworn and has surface scuffing; Focusing on one of the more prominent forms of sculpture during the Renaissance, The Currency of Fame is the first study to be published on this formative period of history; Photographs; 4to; 424 pages.