Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them

Name: Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
Brand: GRIFFIN
SKU: 9781250108593
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Autor: Nancy Marie Brown

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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93...

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Autor

Nancy Marie Brown

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2016

Pagini

288

EAN

9781250108593

ISBN

1250108594

Enbook ID

11947674

Editura

GRIFFIN

Greutate

252

Dimensiuni

136 x 208 x 25

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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects.Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? "Ivory Vikings" explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.

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