Master Works. Rare and Beautiful Chess Sets of the World

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Master Works. Rare and Beautiful Chess Sets of the World
235,00 lei

Categorii: Diverse

Limba: Engleza

Data publicării: 2016

Editura: Fuel Publishing

Tip copertă: Hardcover

Nr Pag: 227

ISBN: 9780993191169

Dimensiuni: l: 20.6cm | H: 26.9cm | 2.7cm | 1212g

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Master Works. Rare and Beautiful Chess Sets of the World
235,00 lei

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Chess, one of the world’s most popular games, has inspired artists for hundreds of years. Though apparently offering a limited canvas – each set has 32 pieces, each board 64 squares – sets have nevertheless been designed in countless ways, using almost every imaginable material: from precious metals, to ivory and rock crystal. They have taken many forms, from figural to abstract, and used many diverse themes, from the historical and political to the beauty and variety of the animal kingdom. This book brings together some of the most beautiful and unusual chess sets ever made. Over hundreds of years, from five continents, they are culled from private collections and museums, including: 200 year-old sets made by nameless Indian craftsmen; sets by Peter Carl Fabergé; sets from Soviet gulag prisoners; and sets by leading artists of the 20th century, like Max Ernst. Each set has been especially photographed for this book, with detailed insights provided by an exceptional group of experts: Dr. George Dean, Jon Crumiller, Larry List, Barbara Drake Boehm (senior curator of the Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art) and William Wiles (Dezeen), with an introduction by the book’s editor, Dylan Loeb McClain, (former New York Times chess columnist).

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