作為文藝復興藝術的盔甲

託拜厄斯·卡普韋爾博士, 華萊士收藏館的武器和盔甲策展人, 從緊身頭盔中引入了一個怪誕的遮陽板. Made in northern Italy around 1525-1550, the detached visor takes the form of the face of a dragon, complete with scales and reptilian fins decorated with lines of staring eyes.

Find out how a functional piece of armour can also be a remarkable work of art and how its design, decoration, imagery and associations were an integral part of Renaissance art and literature.

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