New Views of the Middle Ages: Highlights from the Wyvern Collection-Fast Shipping

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A survey of the Wyvern Collection of Medieval and Early Renaissance art at Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. Includes exquisite sculptures and manuscripts. Why does medieval art matter today? This beautifully illustrated bookwill examine this question through the lens of the magnificent objectsin the Wyvern Collection of Medieval and Early Renaissance art,accompanying the collection’s first exhibition in the United include exquisite examples of metalwork, stone and wood sculpture, and illuminated manuscripts from across Europe, as well as theChristian community of Ethiopia. Offering new photography andcomplementary text, this book will be an essential resource for one ofthe world’s most important private collections of medieval art, and afascinating read for all interested in the Middle Ages and the role ofart history in exploring our world.