Decorative arts from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance : the complete plates / Carl Becker ; edited by Carsten-Peter Warncke = Angewandte Kunst vom Mittelalter bis zur Renaissance / Carl Becker ; herausgegeben von Carsten-Peter Warncke = Arts décoratifs du Moyen Age à la Renaissance / Carl Becker ; publié sous la direction de Carsten-Peter Warncke.

Author: Becker, Carl, 1794-1859.

Publisher:Köln : Taschen, 2011.

Description:408 pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 45 cm

Note:Comprises reproductions of all the plates from C. Becker's Kunstwerke und Geräthschaften des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, a joint production with Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck that was originally published between 1852 and 1863 (Frankfurt am Main : S. Schmerber). The plates are provided with descriptive texts by Carsten-Peter Warncke.

Note:Introductory essay by Carsten-Peter Warncke has title: Kunst im Bild : Hefner-Altenecks und Beckers Darstellung der Kunstwerke des Mittelalters und der Renaissance = Art in the picture : Hefner-Alteneck and Becker's presentation of the artworks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Note:"The copy used for printing belongs to the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart."

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-407) and index.

Note:Parallel text in English, German and French. Translated from the German.

Note:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Dobrowolski in memory of Marian Davis Woodruff, Director.

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