Fashion Plate

Pierre Terjanian

July 3, 2013

2 min. watch

This video is part of 82nd and Fifth, a series that invites curators from across the Museum to talk about an artwork that changed the way they see the world.

“I look at armor as hollow, moving sculptures.”

Curator Pierre Terjanian on portions of a costume armor (ca. 1525) by armorer Kolman Helmschmid.

Contributors

Pierre Terjanian
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator in Charge, Arms and Armor

Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen

Art Mentioned

Portions of a Costume Armor, Kolman Helmschmid German, Steel, copper alloy, gold, German, Augsburg — Portions of a Costume Armor
Armorer Kolman Helmschmid
ca. 1525

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