Head to the Frist Art Museum’s upper-level galleries, and you’ll come face-to-face with a 500-year-old knight in shining armor. OK, so it’s not an actual knight. The armor, however, is the real deal.
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. “Helmet in the form of a Sea Conch Shell,” 1618, iron with traces of lacquer and textiles Armor can be fearsome. But as shown in ...
The expansive 5,000-square-foot collection of arms and armor, featuring pieces from the shuttered Higgins Armory Museum, is ...
“What could be more precious to a king than an armor that will safeguard his body in combat?” Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519) As a royal in a “nondemocratic political system,” Maximilian had a ...
One historical theme to be gleaned from the Bowers Museum’s new exhibit, “Knights in Armor,” is the 17th century invention that led to the downfall of armor and its accompanying weaponry as effective ...
These elaborate suits of armor, all originating from the 16th century, are on display at SAMA. Credit: Courtesy Photos / San Antonio Museum of Art During medieval times, armor conveyed status and ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gayle Anderson was live in Santa Ana at the ...
As principal lyricist of the Grateful Dead, Robert Hunter (yes, Virginia, those 28-minute meandering jams did have words from time to time) wrote in 1974’s “Scarlet Begonias”: “Once in a while you get ...
The Arms and Armor Galleries are part of the art museum's fundraising campaign "A Bold Step Forward," which seeks to raise $125 million by 2028 to improve and modernize its facilities, strengthen ...
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