Main entry:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Title & Author:

The secular spirit : life and art at the end of the Middle Ages / foreword by Thomas Hoving, introduction by Timothy B. Husband and Jane Hayward.

Publication:

New York, Dutton, 1975.

Description:

287 pages illustrations (some color) 27 cm.

Series:

A Dutton visual book

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cloisters, Mar. 25-June 3, 1975.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cloisters, Nov. 16, 1974-Jan. 12, 1975.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-287).
I. The household. The medieval house / Carl F. Barnes, Jr. -- The general household -- The kitchen -- The table -- Health and cleanliness -- II. Personal adornment. European dress / Millia Davenport -- Items of costume and costume accessories -- Jewelry -- Cosmetics -- III. Labor, commerce, and travel. Labor, commerce, and travel / Robert S. Lopez -- Tools of the house, land, and trade -- Commerce -- Coinage -- Guilds and civic affairs -- Travel and communication -- IV. Learning. Book production and private libraries / John Plummer -- Books and learning -- Implements of learning -- V. Science and technology. Science and technology in the fifteenth century / Derek de Solla Price -- Astronomical instruments -- Time -- Technical treatises -- The arcane -- VI. Hunting, gaming, and sports. Hunting, gaming, and sports / Helmut Nickel -- Games and pastimes -- Hunting -- VII. Music and musical instruments. Secular musical practice in sacred art / Emanuel Winternitz -- Musical instruments -- Musical manuscripts -- VIII. Ceremony and custom. Ceremonies, secular and nonsecular / Robert L. Benson -- Birth -- Marriage -- Death -- General custom and ceremony.

ISBN:

052549507X
9780525495079
0870990969 (pbk.)
9780870990960 (pbk.)
0300203411
9780300203417

Subject:

Art, Medieval Exhibitions.
Art, Medieval Themes, motives.
Art médiéval Expositions.
Art médiéval Thèmes, motifs.
Art, Medieval.
Kunst.
Civilization, Medieval

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Hoving, Thomas, 1931-2009, writer of foreword.
Husband, Timothy, writer of introduction.
Hayward, Jane, writer of introduction.
Cloisters (Museum)
Dutton Visual book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 84655
Call No.: ID:86-B16531
Status: Available