Angus Patterson: Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Of all the riches of the sixteenth-century European nobleman, none spoke more powerfully of his heroism,wealth and taste than his armour, clothing and weapons. Drawing on the V+A's popular arms and armour collection, Angus Patterson looks at the suits designed to kill, protect and impress. From parade suits, lavishly embossed and gilded, decorated with plumes of ostrich feathers and draped with…