The Avant Harness: History and Reconstruction
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2018
- The world famous Avant harness is one of the most well recognized and most important surviving armors in existence. The way it looks now is a little bit different than what it would have looked like when it was first built. Today we will explore Avant's history and attempt a digital restoration to get an idea of what this superb Milanese harness would have looked like when new.
For further reading on Avant:
The Real Fighting Stuff: Arms and Armour at Glasgow Museums, 2007, pp 26-29 Dr. Tobias Capwell
'The AVANT Armour and RL Scott', The Seventh Park Lane Arms Fair [Catalogue], London, 1990, pp. 5-11, Robert C. Woosnam-Savage
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The amount of work that went into it is amazing. The information and the content quality is so high. Man i love it. I hope there would be more.
Man, Metatron is going to love this video!
So video starts and I start thinking " Ian sounds different today"... then realised you were speaking Italian! Ottimo lavoro Ian.
Edit: Hah! So the armour is labelled " toward enemy" like a claymore mine? I find that absurdly amusing :)
I can only wonder how many times some dumbass went into battle with his armor on backwards for this to happen.
Great job, Ian! You may have this in mind already - but I'd just love to see this concept turn into a series of videos looking at various famous museum armors, with the history and critical examination of the assembly and display of the pieces. Thanks!
Thanks Scott. This was a lot of fun to make, and I hope to do it again in the future one day.
Ian, I've been thinking a lot lately about variations in armor styles across history; various Medieval European armor types and designs, Roman armors, Japanese and other Asian styles. So my thoughts are directed toward the functions of different parts of the armor, every historical suit of armor was specialized for specific circumstances(Mounted combat, Shield walls, cost reduction, etc.), I'm wondering for a sci-fi story I'm creating what armor design techniques would be most effective for solo combat in enclosed spaces.
I realize it's a complicated topic but whatever information you can provide would be much appreciated.
Man the restored versions looks so much cooler!
Man, your restored version of this armor looks awesome! I might be biased because I like armets, but I also just love the italian style mail as well.
Wonderful video Ian! I particularly like the middle image (first proposed reconstruction) at the end. Really enjoyed all of the possibilities shown and specially the depth in which they were discussed. Hope you make more vids along these lines. Cheers!
The irony is, I actually enjoy the aesthetic of the Italian skirt otherwise mixed with the German voiders. The skirt just has this great visual affect as the wearer changes stances or attacks, but I feel like the baggy sleeves look a bit unseemly. I wonder if such an arrangement was ever worn in-period, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised knowing that people are people, regardless of the time period and if given the choice of a variety of practical wear options for armor, many rich lords or knights could certainly get their druthers regardless of the perceived tastefulness of mixing styles.
It would been neat if we could get Kelvingrove to display your reconstruction of the armour along with the real piece. It would possibly even make a great interactive display where visitors could match different pieces of armour to get them to match with the most likely representation of the original.
Real deep dive to the history of arms. Pleasure to see, thank you.
OMG I cannot believe the timing for this video! Ian, I was just browsing the web to look for good images of Italian armour in order to prepare for my upcoming sculpting project, as I want to make a series of tall resin kits of variety of men at arms from 15th century with magnetised helmets and weapon arms. This will be extremely helpful to implement ideas. Gotta be honest, I will likely be implementing composite pieces (but try to match the periods as much as possible) in order to make the kit more interesting. I will make a video on it as well once I start sculpting! Thank you, amazing video, please do more on other armour pieces!
Absolutely can't wait for Toby's next book
Would love to see more overviews on specific historical harnesses like this one!
damn, this was a great video, i can see the amount of work you put into this
That intro! I almost fell from my chair (I'm italian, I was expecting to hear English... my brain was completely fooled).
I live in Glasgow, very near the art gallery and never knew about this armour or its significance! I'll have to go check it out soon
AS always its like having a collage level speaker presenting, fantastically informative ty for your continued efforts in informing us lowly squires
This is absolutely brilliant. Can't imagine the work that went into this. :)
Phenomenal work Ian! Great work illustrating all possible options with reference images and walking through your reasoning.
It is interesting when people talk about armours in collections being inaccurate and cobbled together. But it is so much more informative to have a video like this walking through everything in detail.
Looking forward to more videos!
Fantastic video as always Ian!
Interesting information. Thanks for putting it all together.
Amazing video as always.
Thanks for the Video! This was very interesting!
This is awesome that you put this together.
Great video, as usual!
This was great to watch, I hope you do more.
Absolutely love learning from you Ian, thanks for all the effort you put into bringing history to the forefront!
This was amazing!
Yay! He's back
Realy great information!
Another well put together video. Very informative and entertaining. Thank you.
Very good video. Awesome armor! Thanks Ian.
This was a wonderful video, Ian, thank you for sharing it.
Very nice video !
Great stuff. Thank you for your dedication and hard work!
Amazing video!
Brilliant video!
Outstanding presentation.
Great job, as always. Many thanks!
Splendid video! Thank you of putting it together and sharing.
Quality content as always. I really like the professional, straightforward style of this channel.
Fantastic video, I've always loved this harness.
Really fascinating video. Keep up the good work.
Excellent video, thank you!
Amazingly in depth work. I look forward to seeing this in Glasgow this summer.
this is a very informative and well made video.
Excellent job Ian. Well done. Highly interesting content.
This is an amazingly in depth video. I love it. Thank you for making me feel slighly uneducated and teaching me about something i find very interesting!
Can we see more soft kit videos? If you ever need to replace any of your clothes make a video about how to make/repair them.
i too would like that.
Great work, man.
Great video! Fascinating and very informative!
Delighted by the measured evaluation and interpretation of this important piece.
Thanks for the upload, makes the armour more believable
Woah. Amazing video! Really a lot of research °_°
Great video! Wonderful information and we'll done over lays. This must have been a lot of work, but thanks for doing it.
Great work! I always thought that barbute looked out of place; your reconstruction looks so much more harmonious.
Getting into the history of all this and you nailed it with the most famous piece. Really looking to this armor and date time to start learning.
Just fiew months before I start to build my milanese armor ! Awesome and thank you Knyght ! :D
Wow! The level of detail in this and the depth and breadth of research and knowledge it’s built on is truly impressive! I am genuinely in awe of your scholarship! Thank you.
Awesome!
Fascinating.
Excellent video! Thanks to Scott Farrell for pointing here. Very well done 👍🏻
Inspired the steel armour in TES4: Oblivion.
I've actually seen this particular armour in person a few times, very impressive.
one of the best videos ever!! magnifico lavoro, signor La Spina!!!
Grazie mille!
Knyght Errant: "la spina" is an italian family name, isn't It?
Yes.
Top video!
Great video and nice italian presentation Ian :D
Thank you sir for your video
Nice surprise! Greetings from Tyrol!
Ah, I started fearing Id go crazy without my annual video on armor :D
I really enjoyed this video! I'd love to see another video in this vein on the Churburg s18
impressive video.
Man, what a cool video. Really love this. The armet is pretty sweet, think my favorite! Although I fully support your houndskull as well ;)
I like the fact that from toes to the neck, it looks so buff, but then the helmet: simple yet functional :D
very interesting !
I was mind boggled when you said Kelvin Grove Art Gallery like... Jesus thats in my city! Shoutout
Nice presentation with highly plausible reasoning.
Damn your videos are fascinating
I love the middle, looks so much better
Love the work you did on this. They both look really cool. I did find it a bit funny that you paired the jousting helm and asymmetrical gauntlet with the lighter mail configuration though. Still, great work!
Exellent video.
Just signed up to your patreon, love your work. I am hoping to get into Living History in the manner by which you also do.
Always loved seeing this piece on kelvingrove visits, I always thought the helmet looked a little off, now i know why
Glorious video, the depth and effort are exceptional.
Could you talk about "black", "white", lacquered, leather/fabric covered and painted armour when you get the chance? Sadly, thanks to victorian polishing and decomposition, the common perception is armour = "white".
I've seen this piece in person. I can assure you it's even more glorious in person. Gorgeous harness.
What do you think of doing a video series about different knight orders and the difference in their armor? e.g. Hospitaller Knights, The knights of Saint John, Teutonic knights and so on
Bin that spoon! Love your videos.
I saw this in the Kelvingrove Museum the last time I was in Glasgow, a beautiful piece
Easily one of my favorite armors! I hope to see it in person one day.
Not a huge fan of Italian armour, but I did find this video enjoyable regardless! Very informative.
Excellent restoration work. Very informative and also very pleasing to the eye. The only thing I miss is the lack of a piece in the armor to store extra pommels.
FINALLY!
Very nice video, great work! Do you plan on making more "investigative" things like this?
Excellent video, as always! Well done sir! What's an example of armor that would have used a barbute? Any complete historical harnesses to show as an example?
I don't understand half of what you say, because I don't speak English, but I still learned a lot and i like your videos
first seconds are WOW!
I always thought the helmet looked out of place! Used to always think this harness looked a bit silly, These reconstructions make way more sense.
You have one hell of a beard. Subscribed.
Top 10 medieval armors video next!
Love my kit.
Fantastic analysis! I keep forgetting that the suits of armor we see in the museums are partially created by the modern curators and aren't QUITE the harnesses the actual medieval/renaissance masters put together.
I saw this set in Glasgow a few months ago
15th Century has to be one of the most beautiful time periods regarding plate armour. The German Gothic has to be my favorite of all time.