Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN-10
0870992627
ISBN-13
9780870992629
Category
Art metal-work
Pages
31
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Authors
Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.), Katharine Reynolds Brown

Description

"The portable art of ... migrating Germanic tribes, together with the enamel and metalworking techniques already being practiced in the late Roman Empire, laid the foundation for the splendid metalwork of the medieval period. Barbarian art is dedicated to the ornamentation of those weapons and articles that a warrior and his wife could carry on their persons ... "--Page 1.

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