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Arms and armor : highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Title:
Arms and armor : highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Author:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, author, issuing body.
ISBN:
9780876332924
Publication Information:
Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2020
Physical Description:
311 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Series:
Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Contents:
Foreword / Timothy Rub -- Arms and armor at the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Dirk H. Breiding -- Highlights from the collection / Dirk H. Breiding -- Documentation : provenance, published references, exhibition history -- References -- Glossary.
Abstract:
"The Philadelphia Museum of Art's holdings of arms and armor are among the finest of their kind in the world. This volume reveals how arms and armor-uniting art, fashion, design, politics, and technology-can be seen as unique expressions of human creativity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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npmlib 11003329 NK6602.P49 P49 yh
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