The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance

By Stephen Scher

Book Overview

A study of the portrait medals as manifesto for the humanist cult of personal fame and as a vehicle for the finest artists of the age. This is a huge book, with nearly 500 illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810931915
• ISBN13: 9780810931916
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 4.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary