The cutter is decorated with steel. Weapons and art. Skralvetsky E.B.

“The Carrier decorated steel” is a weapon as art and weapons in art. The name of the book proposed to the reader is laid in the name. In the vast majority of works devoted to ancient weapons, this topic remains beyond the scope of the study or it is related to casually. These works introduce the reader to samples of ancient weapons, but usually they are published in the form of catalogs of exhibitions or monographs in which certain types of weapons are subjected to scientific analysis. Decorated weapons and armor are rarely considered in connection with other types of monumental and applied art. the last millennium. Particular attention is paid to such important concepts as an ornament and era. They are inextricably interconnected. Each era in the history of mankind and in the history of culture gave birth to its type of ornament, which was clearly traced in works of art.

the album contains more than 500 photos and reproductions.