Silver and Gold: Courtly Splendor from Augsburg (Art & Design) [Hardcover]

Lorenz Seelig (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Prestel Pub (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3791314564
• ISBN-13: 978-3791314563
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 10 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,698,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Toweringly magnificent eye candy and more..., May 29, 2005

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This review is from: Silver and Gold: Courtly Splendor from Augsburg (Art & Design) (Hardcover)

This is a collection of shockingly high quality art works turned out by the premier collective guild/manufactory of Augsburg for the crowned heads and hangers-on of old Europe -- a coffee table book with few peers, and an uncommon bargain at the used prices. Stunning color reproductions; "shocking" because of the tales of generations of these magnificent art works being melted down to finance wars or newer styles of egregiously conspicuous consumption. Did the born master races of yore have no respect at all for the talents and labors of the creators of these masterpieces? Apparently not....