In The Currency of Fame more than 170 magnificent Renaissance portrait medals produced from about 1400 to 1600 are depicted with much attention paid to the splendid artistry that medals represent and to the history of medal production in Italy, Germany, France, England, Belgium, and Holland. The 495 illustrations include exclusively wrought medals carved or cast in wax, stone, wood, bronze, lead, silver, or gold and drawn from the finest public and private collections in the world. Editor Stephen K. Scher, art historian, noted expert on medals, and former chairman of the Art Department at Brown University, has assembled an international team of 31 scholars to produce this unparalleled survey of the Renaissance portrait medal, which until now has generally been viewed as merely an intriguing branch of numismatics.
Format:
424 p., 495 illus., 105 c., hardback
Anul apariţiei:
1994
fond special / librărie / colecţie particulară / anticariat /
