Anton Frans Karl Anjou

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints

• Author(s): Library of Congress, American Library Association. Committee on Resources of American Libraries. National Union Catalog Subcommittee

• Categories: Catalogs, Union

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1969
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971

• Author(s): New York Public Library. Research Libraries

• Categories: Library catalogs

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1979
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Svenske frimurare: Stora landslogen

• Author(s): Freemasons (Sweden). Stora landslogen

• Categories: Sweden

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1903
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Svensk rikskalender

• Categories: Sweden

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1905
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Luxury Arts of the Renaissance

• Author(s): Marina Belozerskaya

• Categories: Art

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2005-10-01
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• Publisher: Getty Publications

Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the s...