Heroic Armor of the European Renaissance, a Brief Look
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Sometimes armor serves more than just a protective function. Here we will briefly examine some aspects of heroic and All' Antiqua armor of the European renaissance and how it fits into other art of the time periods each example existed in.
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Bibliography:
Negroli helmets: Met Museum
16th Century gorget: Wade Allan Collection
15th century backplate: Matthias Goll's Thesis
Sallet in the Shape of a Lions Head: Met Museum
List of historical paintings sourced from Wikipedia:
Last Judgement by Michelangelo
Melun Diptych by Jean Fouquet
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time by Bronzino
Kidnapping of the Sabine Women
Saint George at the Orsanmichele by Donatello
Holy Trinity by Masaccio
All' Antiqua Armor by Bartolomeo Campi in Madrid Royal Palace
Stock videos sourced from Videvo.com
Music: • Still Awake - Ghostrif... 
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My art history professor gave me a 92% on this so I figured it was good enough to post here.
Nice. Their is an exemple of such armor in the Musée de l'armée in Paris, only a cuirasse instagram.com/johnbyck/p/Bj-NZ6aDAf5/caption/day-two-in-musee-de-larmee-storage-magnificently-embossed-roman
@@theghosthero6173 I hadn't seen this one before! Thank you for pointing it out to me :)
Well I can most certainly see how this got a ninety two percent. I’m glad you uploaded this. A very informative and well put together video. I could imagine this being on the history channel under a title such as “Artistic designs of armour through the ages.” I hope you’re doing well. See you in our emails. Take care till then my friend and stay safe.
Thank you very much! It means a lot that you think it's up to that quality :)
Very good video! I enjoyed it a lot.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it :)
I love this channel, it's armoring helps me so much and the history tidbits are great
Honestly this Is one of my favourite medieval channels. That crazy armour looks great even though I wouldn't want to wear it in a fight.
I'm glad you like what I do! I agree, this armor is absolutely stunning, which is exactly what it needed to be for what it was meant for,
Very nice video, and it's good to see you uploading again. One question though, where do you get your sheet metal? I can barely find a 2'x2' sheet of 16ga for under 80 dollars where I live
Check a local industrial steel supplier - a 4'x8' of 16ga mild should be between $60 and $80 :)
Thank you! Most recently, I've gotten large sheets of metal from a nearby machine shop for a good price since mild steel is cheap and practically everywhere. I would say to try and find something similar near you, I imagine that most sheet metal shops would have a good recommendation, even a local high school with a metals program might be able to point you to a supplier :)
Nice, I really liked it 😁
Thank you :)
Excellent work on this one. You could potentially make a second shorter video on Al'romana armor. There were also a lot of early 15th century depictions of Alla antica armor that could have been touched on and their progression into the extants and depictions you have shown here, such as the use of vertical scales as pturges or the subtle floral/vine patterns incorporated into armor with brass. Still this covers all the main points that should be covered with this topic, well done!
Thank you! I agree, it's a huge topic on it's own that probably deserves some more interest, given the cultural significance at the time. A video breaking down some more specific features would be interesting, and I've been considering making some armor in this style for myself or a friend, which would be a good way to display some of those details.
Hey nice to see an upload ! Very interesting, but also very true
I'm hoping to pick up the pace a little bit, but it's easy to get burned out. This was definitely a different side of the topic that I hadn't seen much of, but after an art history course covered the renaissance it made a lot of sense to me :)
@@LivingManuscript willing to make videos at your rythm is the key to quality ! A bit of explainations and studies presentation about some stylistic stuff of the renaissance is very interesting too (instead of just focusing on projects) !
But speaking of projects, have you managed to make any new armor part ? Or other stuff maybe ?
@@jeanladoire4141 I've been working on some projects as often as I can, which has been fairly infrequent recently. I've been working on a 14th century bascinet for a little while, but unfortunately there will not be a video of it's construction because I haven't had access to the camera I've used in the past.
@@LivingManuscript ohh nice ! Do you stick witht the 2 halves welded method ? I feel like it's rather complicated and tidious.
I worked a bit with a professionnal armourer and i learned some basics for heat forming sheets, it's not this difficult if you're careful and organised, and it is more hidtorically accurate and tough
Really good video mate
Thanks!
This is so well done! Great job, I would say from a historic fashion perspective that fashion imitates armor and vice versa, the Jupon/Aketon/Gipon ect and it's waspish waist was a military garment, which then became a civilian garment. This to demonstrate that the wearer was of the military class when not in their arming clothing, as they were the upper class of society, it became fashionable to emulate them as it is now to copy the most wealthy an elite.
Thank you very much! You're absolutely right, it's a two way street, and probably something that deserves more attention overall.
@@LivingManuscript I'll get to that video one day, unless you do first ;)
Cool video! Keep it up!
Need to turn the mic up a bit lol, had to crack my volume to 100 lol
apart from that, dayum this is good, very well put together script and everything, you should script your other videos too, would make them look a whooole lot more professional like this vid
Also a new way of looking at modern 'false' interpretations of armour (like from series such as Vikings) wherein we're not trying to portray the actual armour they wore, but rather the armour that makes them stand out, I've yet to hear this way of thinking from any medieval enthusiasts what so ever
arrrg, I'm not sure what is up with the audio; it sounds fine to me with my headphones but unfortunately you're not alone with the audio troubles.
Thank you very much though! After making this video, the style grew a little on me so I think I'll intersperse videos like this more in the future. I think that your last point is a very important one, modern shows and movies are told for similar purposes that our ancestors told stories of events that were already old to them, and the representations they used reflected that.
The king slayer, Jamie Lanasters. His armor comes to mind.
Well done! And the fact this was a college project makes it even more impressive. Also an interesting note to make. The armor seen at 5:37 was used as one of the armor sets for the "Centurion" character in the game For Honor. I always wondered where that armor came from as it clearly wasn't something the actual Romans used.
Great presentation! I've always interpreted these sorts of armor as being heavily influenced by Byzantine art and armor. Constantinople fell within living memory of these people. Unfortunately, we don't have any surviving pieces of actual Byzantine armor and the paintings of the Byzantine world may themselves just be heroic depictions of more functional armor.
I could definitely see that being an inspiration! Certainly in areas closer to some of the older Byzantine artwork.
Real nice!
This is an excellent summary of a unique topic in the armoring world. Sadly, we only have a handful of Armorers that can make anything like this is steel these days :/
It's unfortunately a rare skill. Though armoring like I do was also once thought to be gone forever so there is still some hope :)
Well, I can only think of a handful of Armorers right now with a level of experience and skill to come near that, and that's Robert MacPherson, Ugo Serrano, and Douglas Pryor, maybe a few others. There's just so much chasing and fine detail portions, even amazing armorers don't necessarily have the composite of skills to make some al'antica pieces
The parade armor of Philip II looks like thr statue of Ares.
The sound of strong man jesus scared the shit out of me.
I'm ashamed to mention the number of times it spooked me even when I was editing the video
Damn the sound is low
Do you have a written version ? Im not an english speaker and itskind of hard for me to understand. Thnak you !
fix the audio volume please
Sound mixed too low
Hey manuscript I'm on a super tight budget and I am getting into armoring and I only have 60$ to buy an equivalent of an anvil and can only buy online, do you have any recommendations for what anvil equivalent I should get or do I even need one? (I have a sledgehammer head)
I would reccomend looking for a small section of railroad track, they tend to be cheaper than proper anvils but do the job well. I still use these for pretty much every piece of armor I do. A sturdy vice and workbench will also help out a lot, since they're inherently versatile. It's always an ongoing process acquiring tools, and with some creativity it's possible to make specialty tools out of mundane ones. An angle grinder will be indispensable, since you can cut any old hammer into whatever you need. Keep an eye out for chisels as well, they can be modified and used in a lot of ways.
I hope this helps, please feel free to ask more questions if need be 🙂
I should also mention that a sledgehammer head will probably do the job, provided you have something to hold it in. Keep being creative with what you can use! For a little while I used a round piece of hardwood as a ball stake, and I still use railroad spikes for a number of jobs
thank you so much for the help, getting into armoring has been difficult for me because I don't know anyone else who does it, also should I buy rivets or get a end nipper to make my own out of nails?
Just so I don't fill up this comments section do you know any online communities where I could ask these questions and get help?
@@calvinhuddleston576 absolutely! I didn't know anyone else when I started either, so I'm happy to help someone who is in the same spot 🙂. Personally, I like having both around, one box of roofing nails can go a long way, but they aren't applicable for everything. I've gotten proper rivets online and try to keep a little bag of them with me. Though if you're really in a pinch, you could also use round stock steel to make your own. Depending on how you do it, it can be very time consuming, but that's also certainly a possibility.
Hmm. Good thing i didn't go for a heroric brigandine after all
shouldve added some period music instead of this hipster ass lo fi hip hop beat bruh
Why's the audio so quiet?
It may be different headphones, since it sounded alright on mine but I'm still figuring out the best way to use the microphone. For now I guess the best I can offer is just to turn the volume up :/