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Traditional crafts and skills: life and work in mediaeval and Renaissance times

Title
Traditional crafts and skills: life and work in mediaeval and Renaissance times [by] Václav Husa, Josef Petráň [and] Alena Šubrtová; translated [from the Czech] by Iris Urwin.
Author
Husa, Václav.
Publication
London, Hamlyn [1968]

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Additional Authors
  • Petráň, Josef
  • Šubertová, Alena
Description
3-228 pages (chiefly illustrations (some color)); 28 cm
Uniform Title
Homo faber. English
Alternative Title
Homo faber.
Subject
  • Working class in art
  • Occupations in art
  • Art, Renaissance
  • Art, Medieval
  • Handicraft
  • Middle Ages
  • crafts (art genres)
  • Middle Ages
  • Handicraft
  • Art, Medieval
  • Art, Renaissance
  • Occupations in art
  • Working class in art
Note
  • Translation of Homo faber; pracovni motivy ve starých vyobrazeních.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 225-[228]
Contents
  • Introduction / Václav Husa -- Iconography.
  • Farmers and fishermen (Tillage ; Harrows ; Sowing ; Harvesting ; Threshing ; Fruit and vegetables ; Wine and beer ; Livestock and bee-keeping ; Hunting and fishing)
  • Craftsmen, carriers and merchants (Cloth and leather ; Metalwork ; Woodwork and architecture ; Pottery ; Transport and trade)
  • The learned professions (Scribes and illuminators ; Scholars ; Artists)
  • Mining and early industrialization (Mining ; Glass)
LCCN
68119212
OCLC
  • ocm00178758
  • 178758
  • SCSB-9421204
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library