On Wednesday 07 October 2009 10:01:29 am sunshine.k.buch...@kp.org wrote: > > > Charlene Charette wrote: > > > And the last couple of copies I've found were in the US$2000+ range. > > > > OK, I know it's a good book. > > > > Is it really *that* good a book? Is there that much in there that isn't > > anywhere else? > > No, imo it's not worth $2000. However, I'm very happy with the $200 I > spent on my copy (years ago, now...) It does go though a number of Italian > inventories circa 1480 (assuming my memory is correct, I don't have my > copy to-hand at the moment) which I haven't seen discussed elsewhere in > English. IMO it's a really good complement to Bernini's _Dress in Italian > Painting_ which analyzes circa 1460-80s art with an eye construction;
Don't you mean Elizabeth Birbari's "Dress in Italian Painting--1460-1500"? Available on Amazon Marketplace for about $100, but I saw a copy on addall.com for less than $25. -- Cathy Raymond <ca...@thyrsus.com> "A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." --Walter Bagehot _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
