Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries - Hardcover

Pyhrr, Stuart W.; Negroli, Filippo; Godoy, Jose-A; Leydi, Silvio; Metropolitan Museum Of Art (New York, N. Y.)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870998722 ISBN 13: 9780870998720

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998

Synopsis

A highly and colorfully illustrated companion to an exhibit showing at the Museum from October 1998 to January 1999. Focusing on the output of the most innovative and celebrated armorer of Milan, explores the new fashion of armor design that emerged in the second quarter of the 16th century and was based on the forms and ornament found in classical art. Describes all the pieces signed by Negroli, identifies lost works, and attributes additional works to him. Includes armor by other members of his family and pieces that demonstrate his influence. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

Synopsis

Around 1525 a new fashion emerged in armour design, inspired by the forms and ornament of classical art. Embossed in high relief, richly gilt, and inlaid with gold and silver, these lavish parade armours are invariably associated with Filippo Negroli, the most innovative and celebrated of the renowned armourers of Milan. He and his family numbered among their patrons the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and members of the French court. Featuring photographs of shields, helmets, breastplates and other items, this volume displays Filippo's virtuoso skill at modelling in high relief. Individual commentaries draw on recent research to explain the Negroli armourers' extraordinary technical abilities which, combined with their imaginative adaptation of antique motifs, resulted in an original art form that evokes the pomp and pageantry of the Renaissance courts.

About the Author

Stuart W. Pyhrr, Donald J. LaRocca, and Dirk H. Breiding are in the Department of Arms and Armor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870998722
• ISBN 13: 9780870998720
• Binding: Hardcover