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The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections
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by:
Randall, Richard H., Jr.
Art Gallery, Walters
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Publisher:
Hudson Hills Pr
Published: September 1993
ISBN: 1555950760
Format:Hardcover
Pages:160
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Book Description
From Publishers Weekly
The exquisitely crafted, richly detailed Gothic ivories made from the 13th to the 15th century in Europe mirrored traditions and trends in Gothic sculpture until, with the advent of the book, carvers took their primary
inspiration from the print medium. This erudite catalog of Gothic ivories in U.S. and Canadian museums and private collections emphasizes the finest French work, since Paris was the dominant center of Gothic art. But Randall, retired director of the
Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, also delves into the diverse national styles of Italy, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Flanders and England. While religious statues and church plaques predominate, there are also appealing secular pieces, including saddles,
mirror cases, combs, chessmen and intricately embellished boxes. For connoisseurs and collectors.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Book News, Inc.
Setting new standards of scholarship and connoisseurship, the companion
volume to Randall's Masterpieces of Ivory at the Walters Art Gallery (Hudson Hills Press, 1985) catalogs and displays every known work in 61 American and Canadian museums (excepting the separately published Walters and Metropolitan Museum of Art) and
significant works in private collections. Here, reproduced alongside related objects from European collections, are 245 religious and secular works, some shown in color (rare... read more
Book Description
Definitive illustrated catalogue:
every medieval ivory in America. Sets new scholarly standard.
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