Art to Lunch: Men of Iron
Armor, whether fictional or historical, is often the product of remarkable ingenuity and bleeding edge technology. It’s also often visually striking! Find out where beauty and combat intersect in this installment of Art to Lunch.
All summer long, Art to Lunch will be celebrating the heroic and the villainous as a part of the special exhibition programming around Heroes & Villains.
San Antonio Museum of Art (great_hall)Great Hall
Ticket Price: $5.00 for non-members
Ticket Price Members: Free
Armor, whether fictional or historical, is often the product of remarkable ingenuity and bleeding edge technology. It’s also often visually striking! Find out where beauty and combat intersect in this installment of Art to Lunch.
All summer long, Art to Lunch will be celebrating the heroic and the villainous as a part of the special exhibition programming around Heroes & Villains.
Image Title:Suit of parade armor, or tose gusoku (detail)
Japanese, Edo period, 18th century
Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, and gilt brass
44 x 44 in. (111.8 x 111.8 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Lenora and Walter F. Brown, Catherine and Thomas Edson, and Rugeley Ferguson, 2005.8
