Handbook Of The Arts Of The Middle Ages And Renaissance As Applied To The Decoration Of Furniture Arms Jewels C C Vol 6 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Handbook of the Arts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as Applied to the Decoration of Furniture, Arms, Jewels, &C. &C, Vol. 6 IT is only of late years that archaeologists have understood that Art is exhibited, not only in architecture, statuary, and monuments] painting, but that ecclesiastical utensils, arms, jewels, furniture, and even objects of common use, all equally bear testimony to the artistic talent of ancient times, and afi'ord as irrefragable evidence of the character of the epoch in which they were made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.