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ExhibitionsThe staff of the Arms and Armor Department at the MetropolitanMuseum of Art in 1919.Bashford Dean ca. 1900 wearing a full suit of Japanese armor(04.4.2) that he acquired while conducting scientific research inJapan. He later donated the armor and his entire collection ofJapanese arms and armor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.used his knowledge and resources to create one suitable formuseum display. Contrasted with this will be a 19thcenturyJapanese armor that Dean acquired whileconducting scientific research in Japan and later donated tothe Museum. A photograph taken around 1900 that showshim wearing the full suit of armor will be displayed togetherwith the armor.Between 1904 and 1912, Dean rose rapidly from guestcurator to honorary curator and finally to head of the newlycreated Arms and Armor Department, building thecollection into one of international importance before hispremature death in 1928. In the process, he designedhelmets and body armor for U.S. troops in World War I,fostered interest and involvement from an influential groupof private collectors, established an American scholarshipon historical arms and armor, and laid the foundation forthe continued growth of the collection into one of the mostencyclopedic in the world today and one of the best lovedand most visited galleries in the Museum.A variety of education programs will be offered inconjunction with the exhibition and in celebration of the100th anniversary of the Department of Arms and Armor,including a Sunday at the Met on 28 October at 3:00 p.m.,gallery talks and studio programs, and programs andservices for visitors with disabilities. A Family Guide to theBashford Dean, in his uniform as a Major of Ordnance, in charge ofthe Helmets and Body Armor Unit, photographed ca. 1917-1918.collection will also be published. Further details about theexhibition and related programs will be available atwww.metmuseum.org.A history of the Arms and Armor Department, written byStuart W. Pyhrr, Curator in Charge of the Museum’s Armsand Armor Department, will also be published as theSummer 2012 Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin.The exhibition is organized by Donald J. La Rocca, Curatorof the Museum’s Arms and Armor Department.26 MAGAZINE ISSUE 09
PublicationsMedieval MilitaryTechnologyKelly Devries and Robert D Smith.University of Toronto Press, 2012.ISBN 978-1-4426-0497-1.356 pp. 50 illustrations.First published in 1992, Medieval MilitaryTechnology has become the definitive bookin its field, garnering much praise and a largereadership. This thorough update of a classicbook, regarded as both an excellent overviewand an important piece of scholarship,includes fully revised content, new sections onthe use of horses, handguns, incendiaryweapons, and siege engines, and eighteen newillustrations. The four key organizing sectionsof the book still remain: arms and armour,artillery, fortifications, and warships.Throughout, the authors connect thesetechnologies to broader themes anddevelopments in medieval society as well as tocurrent scholarly and curatorial controversies.This is a full and authorative treatment ofthe subject which illuminates ourunderstanding of the medieval world ad itswarfare with remarkable clarity.John France, Swansea UniversityISSUE 09 MAGAZINE 27
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