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010 $a 2014010399
020 $a9781907804250 (hardback : alkaline paper)
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050 00 $aNK1263$b.A33 2014
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100 1 $aAdams, Noël,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBright lights in the Dark Ages :$bthe Thaw collection of early medieval ornaments /$cNoël Adams.
246 30 $aThaw collection of early medieval ornaments
264 1 $aNew York :$bThe Morgan Library & Museum, in association with D Giles Limited, London,$c2014.
300 $axix, 381 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;$c32 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Bright Lights of the Dark Ages is a major new volume on early Medieval art. It features over two hundred stunning and extremely rare early medieval gold and precious stonework objects, including brooches, buckles, shields, clasps, spoons and other 'grave goods,' that were interred as status symbols with their owners in burials mounds across Europe. The new societies of the early Medieval period which developed on the periphery of the great Roman Empire--Germanic barbarians in Western Europe, Sarmatian and later Alanic tribes around the Black Sea, and the eastern frontier cities bordering the Parthian Empire in Iran--were all shaped by interaction with the Roman Empire, and profoundly influenced by its material culture. Author Noël Adams surveys the magnificent pieces that were made to advertise power and wealth in these new 'barbarian' kingdoms which arose after the fall of the Roman Empire, and in doing so shows the dramatic and surprising relationship between these 'migration era' objects and later medieval art. In a volume full of wonderful images, highlights include Gothic and Visigothic imperial style brooches from modern-day Slovakia and Crimea, superb Gallo-Roman spoons and enamelled domed brooches and buckles from Northern Europe and Britain"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 333-381).
505 0 $aDirector's Foreword / William M. Griswold -- Preface / Eugene V. Thaw -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Notes to the Reader -- Introduction -- Classical Traditions, Barbarian Styles -- New Enemies, New Allies : The Hunnic Period and Its Aftermath in the East -- Gothic Identity -- Merovingian Fashions -- Anglo-Saxon England and Scandinavia -- Barbarians and Byzantium -- Glossary -- Appendix: Provenance of Works in the Thaw Collection.
650 0 $aDecoration and ornament, Medieval.
650 0 $aJewelry, Medieval.
650 0 $aGrave goods$zEurope.
650 0 $aMaterial culture$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aEurope$xAntiquities.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y392-814.
600 10 $aThaw, Eugene Victor$xArt collections.
600 10 $aThaw, Clare$xArt collections.
650 7 $aART / History / Medieval.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Medieval.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Jewelry.$2bisacsh
710 2 $aPierpont Morgan Library,$eissuing body.
710 2 $aPierpont Morgan Library.
988 $a20140819
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