📗 Libro en inglés THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF NAPOLEONIC AND AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR: 1756-1816

ANTIQUE COLLECTORS'CLUB - 9781851495290

Historia del arte Historia de la pintura y la escultura

Sinopsis de THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF NAPOLEONIC AND AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR: 1756-1816

Clive L. Lloyd

Whilst many books have been published about war, the role of the prisoner of war has been largely ignored or paid scant attention. This book, along with the author's other title - A History of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War 1756-1816: Hulk, Depot and Parole - aims to correct this imbalance, and is the result of his quest over thirty years into this almost-forgotten field of history. Illustrated here is an extensive selection of items from museums around the world and the author's own collection - one of the largest private collections of prisoner of war artefacts in existence - revealing the incredible skills of these imprisoned craftsmen. The items - delicate, intricate and highly detailed - include boxes, toys and automata made from bone, straw or paper, as well as paintings by artists whose work is now much in demand. The creation of these pieces seems even more remarkable when the conditions under which they would have been made and the extreme limitations the prisoners would have e ...............


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Editorial: Antique Collectors'club

ISBN: 9781851495290

Idioma: Inglés

Encuadernación: Tapa dura

Fecha de lanzamiento: 15/04/2008

Año de edición: 2007


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