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Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (Hardback) Paul Williamson Editore: V A Publishing, United Kingdom (2014) ISBN 10: 185177811X ISBN 13: 9781851778119 Nuovi Rilegato Quantità: 1 Prezzo: EUR 350,00.- Descrizione libro: V A Publishing, United Kingdom, 2014. Hardback. Condizione libro: New. Language: English . Brand New Book. The VA s collection of ivory carvings from the period 1200 to 1550 is one of the most important in the world, and this is the first catalogue of it to be published since 1929. Together with the earlier volume, Medieval Ivory Carvings: Early Christian to Romanesque (VA, 2010), the books make available over 400 pieces of the ivory carver s art, discussing in detail many of the most celebrated ivories of the Middle Ages. Included here are masterpieces from the most important centres of ivory carving in the Gothic era. Among them are the Salting Leaf and Soissons Diptych from thirteenthcentury France; the early-fourteenth-century Salting Diptych from England; Giovanni Pisano s Crucified Christ and the Aldobrandini Crozier from Italy; and the unique Wingfield-Digby Crozier from fourteenth-century Norway. Additionally, important groups of Virgin and Child statuettes, tabernacle polyptychs, diptychs, triptychs, writing tablets, croziers, mirror backs, caskets and the products of the Florentine and Venetian Embriachi workshops are catalogued. Appendices include a small group of post- Byzantine and Russian ivories and the results of radiocarbon-dating of selected works. Each entry provides a comprehensive physical and scholarly discussion that incorporates much new research; also included are carvings of dubious authenticity, which are discussed as fully as the genuine pieces. Beautifully illustrated with new colour photography, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200 - 1550 is the authoritative guide to the VA s collection and an accessible survey of the subject. Codice libro della libreria 010673 - Language : english text Size: 250 X280 mm.