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Arms and Armor: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
- Paperback
- Publisher: Dover Publications
- Release Date: September 1995
- ISBN-10: 0486285618
- ISBN-13: 9780486285610
- List Price: $12.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryOver 750 detailed, high-quality illustrations from rare 19th-century sources: suits of armor, chain mail, swords, helmets, knives, crossbows and other implements, along with scenes of battle, soldiers, horses, artillery and more. Especially suitable for projects requiring a medieval or old-fashioned flavor, these illustrations will fill a myriad of needs for battle-related graphic art. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Great images, no descriptions
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The pictures are indeed good quality and there are lots of them. I think it should be made clear, however, that this is only a book of pictures. There are no captions or explanations of any sort. You will surely see something in here that catches your eye, but will have little idea what it was called or where it was from. On many pages there is a country and time period, but most of the time, there are multiple countries listed with no distinction as to which image relates to the respective country. I was also disappointed in the almost complete lack of images of ancient Roman arms and armor. Middle ages to Renaissance is covered quite well, even some of ancient Greece, but Rome (arguably the greatest military force of all history) goes under-represented with only two small pictures from the Roman republic or empire.
Rarely have I seen such quality!
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I consider myself fairly picky about the quality of the images I use in my work. These clipart pictures are truly exceptional! Every single image, even the small helmet shots, are of an exceptionally high level of detail. You sometimes feel like the item is right in front of you. At this price, you would not expect the subtle shadings and hatching to be present in the art or print of the book, but they are there, giving the art a sense of depth that I have not found in other publications (even those in full color). This book provides well over 750 high quality clipart images. There are a very few images that are of a far lower detail, and hence, quality level. But that can be excused by the overwhelming achievement of the artist who produced the overall work of this book. For those looking to verbally depict armor or weapons, the value of this book cannot be over stated - it will inspire page after page with its high level of detail and the obvious inspiration of the smiths of history.
Excellent source for Medieval clip art!
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I publish newsletters for a non-profit organization that re-creates the Middle Ages to educate people about history - the Society for Creative Anachronism. "Arms & Armor" has been an invaluable resource to handsomely illustrate the pages of my newsletters. Dover's copyright on this book allows the use of 10 images per project - which is very generous, considering some other clip art books only allow 4 or 5 per project. Furthermore, the country and century from which the images were cultivated is listed at the bottom of every page. This is immensely helpful for using these images in education. When one of our members writes an article about 16th century German horse armor, I can find an exact image to match his/her description in the article. There is a wide variety of images to choose from, including sketches of helmets, swords, axes, full suits of armor, shields, battle scenes and armor accoutremonts. I have owned this book for three years, and I use it with almost every newsletter issue I publish. I consider it an essential resource for SCA newsletter illustration.
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