ABC/16 - The Arts in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance.

ABC/16

The Arts in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance.

1 volume

A detailed study of the Arts in the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. The book is organised in chapters that cover all the forms of art and craft of the period (furniture, tapestry, ceramics, arms, armour, carriages, saddlery, gold an silver work, horology, musical instruments, playing-cards, glass-paintings, frescos, paintings on wood or canvas, engravings, sculpture, architecture, parchment and paper, manuscripts, miniatures, bookbinding and printing). There are numerous illustrations associated with the text, nineteen of them chromolithographic prints and 400 engravings on wood.

Good overall condition. Corners slightly scuffed and some loose pages