Author : Michèle Byam
Publisher : DK Children
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2000-06-14
Category : Armor
ISBN : 9780789458360
A photo essay examining the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the Wild West.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0756689511
DK Eyewitness Arms and Armor is an original and exciting look at the history of weapons and armor through the ages. Stunning real-life photographs reveal the design, construction, and workings of armor, offering a unique "eyewitness" view of how methods of warfare have changed. Show your child the very first weapons ever made, the armor worn by medieval knights, the battledress of a Japanese samurai, and the guns used by the frontiersmen and outlaws of the Wild West. They'll also discover the weapons that were carried by the first police officers, how sword and pistol duels were fought and much more!
Author : Philadelphia Museum of Art
Publisher : Highlights from the Philadelph
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780876332924
Through the exceptional permanent collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this book looks at arms and armor as art--from warfare to war games, from hunting to the pursuit of glory The Philadelphia Museum of Art's holdings of arms and armor are among the finest of their kind in the world. Presenting nearly 100 masterpieces from the collection, this lavishly illustrated volume includes complete armors and armor elements, swords, firearms and crossbows, staff weapons, horse equipment, and related accessories. Drawn for the most part from the princely armories of Europe, these objects represent the epitome of the armorer's art, and many are published here in color for the first time. The engaging text by Dirk H. Breiding summarizes the latest scholarship and discusses how the museum's collection--the core of which consists of a 1977 bequest by the distinguished connoisseur and scholar Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch (1884-1976)--has evolved over the years. This volume reveals how arms and armor--uniting art, fashion, design, politics, and technology--can be seen as unique expressions of human creativity.
Author : Harold Leslie Peterson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486412443
Finest single-volume survey of Colonial weaponry covers firearms, ammunition, edged weapons, and armor. Over 300 illus.
Author : Charles John Ffoulkes
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 28,68 MB
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century" by Charles John Ffoulkes. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0486319946
Over 750 detailed, high-quality illustrations from rare 19th-century sources: suits of armor, chain mail, swords, helmets, knives, crossbows and other implements, along with scenes of battle, soldiers, horses, artillery and more. Especially suitable for projects requiring a medieval or old-fashioned flavor, these illustrations will fill a myriad of needs for battle-related graphic art.
Author : George Cameron Stone
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 18,31 MB
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486131297
DIVIndispensable resource employs alphabetized, easy-to-use format. Arquebuses, flintlocks, and other antique guns appear here, along with German armor, Roman short swords, Turkish crossbows, much more. Over 4,500 individual photos and drawings, 875 detailed figures. /div
Author : Walter J. Karcheski
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 33,44 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Design
ISBN :
Written by arms and armor specialist Walter J. Karcheski, Jr., the text delves into a world where feudalism and the institution of knighthood prevailed and where arms and armor played a crucial role. Karcheski traces the development and craftsmanship of these magnificent suits and weapons throughout the centuries and discusses the armor developed for use in battle as well as that made specifically for tournaments, hunting, and pageantry. Additionally, he explores the craftsmen's guilds and the production and decoration of armor.
Author : SPRING CHRISTOPHER
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 1993-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN :
Using eyewitness accounts of travelers and missionaries to Africa, the oral history of Africans, and the visual evidence of the weapons themselves, Spring builds a comprehensive cultural and ethnographic survey of traditional arms and armor from several centuries ago to the present.
Author : Tobias Capwell
Publisher : Paul Holberton Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Armor
ISBN : 9780900785863
"With its selection of masterpieces of European arms and armour, this book provides both an overview of some of the treasures of the collection and a wonderful survey of European arms and armour. I hope it will whet the appetite of readers to want to move on to our new Complete Digital Catalogue of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection, with its more than 7000 stunning photographs and full texts of all the previous catalogues."--"Director's foreword", p. 7.
