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.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Lots of parade armor,
By Douglas Confere (Diamond, WV United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries (Hardcover)
This book has a lot of later period armour made for parades and other ceremonies. Very little of the armour in this book is functional combat grade armour. It is of minimal use to the reproducer of armour, but it is still worth having. It is rich with text on each suit, and the pictures are superb. If you want to make reference to pictures of armour for reproduction purposes, this book will be very minimally useful to you. If you want to do research on ceremonial armour, this is for you.
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This book is GREAT! Fantastic detailed study of Renaissance Armor and the genius behind the craft.
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An entertaining collection of armor,
By Iq (Palm Coast , Fl) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance Filippo Negroli and His Contemporaries (Hardcover)
This book is an oasis of information on Heroic armor as it was well researched from 14th - 16th century documents, statues, and paintings. Including a collection of photographs of helmets, shields, breast plates, and all things concerning armor especially concerning the Filippo Negroli workshop and his contemporaries.
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Among the hundreds of artists' biographies utilized to chart the progress of Italian art in Giorgio Vasari's monumental work of 1550, The Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters and Sculptors from Cimabue to Our Times, only one armorer is mentioned: "Filippo Negroli of Milan, chiseler of arms in iron with leaves and figures." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Filippo Negroli, Giovan Paolo, Metropolitan Museum, Francesco Maria, Masks Garniture, Guardaroba Medicea, Inventario Iluminado, Francesco Negroli, Lion Armor, New York, Archduke Ferdinand, Caremolo Modrone, Palm Branch Armor, Bartolomeo Campi, Carlo Gonzaga, National Gallery, Royal Armouries, Saint Petersburg, Schloss Ambras, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Wallace Collection, Anne de Montmorency, Filippo Orsoni, Tunis Armor, Gothic Hall New!
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Among the hundreds of artists' biographies utilized to chart the progress of Italian art in Giorgio Vasari's monumental work of 1550, The Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters and Sculptors from Cimabue to Our Times, only one armorer is mentioned: "Filippo Negroli of Milan, chiseler of arms in iron with leaves and figures." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Filippo Negroli, Giovan Paolo, Metropolitan Museum, Francesco Maria, Masks Garniture, Guardaroba Medicea, Inventario Iluminado, Francesco Negroli, Lion Armor, New York, Archduke Ferdinand, Caremolo Modrone, Palm Branch Armor, Bartolomeo Campi, Carlo Gonzaga, National Gallery, Royal Armouries, Saint Petersburg, Schloss Ambras, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Wallace Collection, Anne de Montmorency, Filippo Orsoni, Tunis Armor, Gothic Hall New!
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- Arms and Armor: Essays by Stephen V. Grancsay on 6 pages
- Orlando Furioso: A Romantic Epic: Part 1 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 1) by Ludovico Ariosto on 4 pages
- Orlando Furioso (Oxford World's Classics) by Ludovico Ariosto on 4 pages
- The Letters of Peter Paul Rubens by Peter Paul Rubens on page 154
- Don Juan (Penguin Classics) by Lord George Gordon Byron on page 258
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- Materializing Gender in Early Modern English Literature and Culture (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture) by Will Fisher in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Techniques Of Medieval Armour Reproduction: The 14th Century by Brian R. Price in Back Matter
- The Medici, Michelangelo, and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence by Cristina Acidini Luchinat in Back Matter
- Antique Tools and Instruments by Luigi Nessi on page 230
- Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Stuart W. Pyhrr in Back Matter
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