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Regal Repoussé in the Land of Gold: Make Your Own Wearable Ornament

November 6, 2020

By Julie Marie Seibert

Repoussé can be found across the globe and throughout thousands of years of history. Let's try our hand at designing our own repoussé breastplate using household items!

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Fashion in European Armor, 1600–1700

October 1, 2004

By Dirk H. Breiding

The growing demand to fit out large standing armies with armor at low cost (and, consequently, low quality) drastically curbed the influence fashion had on armor.

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Fashion in European Armor, 1500–1600

October 1, 2004

By Dirk H. Breiding

From the beginning of the sixteenth century onward, and at first in addition to the decorative ridges and grooves, armor began to be adorned more and more frequently with etched decoration.

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The Decoration of European Armor

October 1, 2003

By Dirk H. Breiding

As part of Europe’s first standing army, the soldiers of the Roman Republic and empire were equipped with plain and serviceable armor of bronze or iron, and shields often painted with devices signifying the unit to which the soldier belonged.

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Arms and Armor—Common Misconceptions and Frequently Asked Questions

October 1, 2004

By Dirk H. Breiding

The field of arms and armor is beset with romantic legends, gory myths, and widely held misconceptions. Most of them are utter nonsense, devoid of any historical base.

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Igbo-Ukwu (ca. 9th Century)

October 1, 2001

By Alice Apley

It is possible that the inhabitants of Igbo-Ukwu had a metalworking art that flourished as early as the ninth century (though this date remains controversial).

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The Greek Key and Divine Attributes in Modern Dress

October 1, 2003

By Harold Koda

Over time, reductive simplicity emerged as a way of conveying an aura of the antique, a strategy that was further developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Hopewell (1–400 A.D.)

October 1, 2002

By Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Flourishing centers with enormous earthworks in geometric shapes as varied as octagons, trapezoids, and ellipses were present in the southern Ohio region of Hopewell.