Coloring books about Medieval and Renaissance times from Bellerophon and Dover will
enhance any study of these eras.
Bellerophon coloring books tend to have more
information or explanations and are more general about the time period. The
Dover coloring books tend to be have more pictures about a narrower subject.
Middle Ages and Renaissance Coloring Books From Bellerophon
Thirty puzzles about knighthood include solutions.
9780486403564
List $4.95
Knights and Armor Coloring Book
By A. G. Smith
"Historically accurate renderings of Vikings,
Crusaders, Italian Condottiere, Spanish foot-soldiers and luminaries
such as Richard the Lion-Hearted and Henry the VIII document the
evolution and development of personal armor and weapons through the
centuries." There is an introduction, captions, forty-two illustrations
and a glossary.
9780486248431
List $3.95
Life in a Medieval Castle and Village Coloring Book
By John Green
Showing life in the Middle Ages are forty-two detailed
drawings. Scenes of everyday life in castle, village, monastery, and
countryside, tournaments, castle sieges, banquets, the building of a
cathedral, battles, and fairs have detailed captions.
9780486265421
List $3.95
History of the Sword Coloring Book
By Bruce LaFontaine
Forty-four
carefully researched, ready-to-color drawings depict swords and their
bearers from prehistory through the 17th century. Detailed captions enhance
this rich pictorial history for colorists, students of weaponry, and
armchair adventurers.
9780486401393
List $3.95
Medieval Fashions Coloring Book
By Tom Tierney
Forty-five authentic illustrations of
clothing from the 5th through mid-15th centuries, from the simple aprons,
kirtles, and tunics of peasants to the bejeweled and fur-trimmed attire of
the nobility.
9780486401447
List $3.95
Medieval Jousts and Tournaments Coloring Book
By John Green
Forty-three carefully researched illustrations include
the mêlée, a free-for-all between two teams on an open battlefield, a dying
knight receiving last rites, ladies of the court choosing a knight-of-honor,
a lavish tournament banquet, and much more.
9780486401355
List $3.95
Medieval Tapestries Coloring Book
By Marty Noble
This collection of lovely images
invites coloring book fans to explore the exquisite beauty of medieval
tapestries. Thirty handsome drawings of unicorns, delicate damsels, knights
in armor, and other details from priceless tapestries can be enhanced with a
rainbow of colors. Captions.
9780486436869
List $4.95
Medieval Castle Coloring Book
By A G Smith
This collection of thirty detailed
illustrations focuses on activities within the castle and how the heavily
fortified structure functioned. Included are views of the castle's moat,
drawbridge, and other features, plus the Great Hall and dungeons. Also here
are ready-to-color scenes of a lady doing needlework, a castle under siege,
and more.
9780486420806
List $3.95
Story of the Crusades Coloring Book
By John Green
Thirty ready-to-color pictures present a fascinating view
of medieval life. In the Story of the Crusades are stirring scenes of fierce
battles, as well as views of Crusader life in the Holy Land, pilgrims on
their way to Jerusalem, the siege of Damascus, the legendary Children's
Crusade, portraits of courageous leaders, and the fall of magnificent
cities. Captions accompany the drawings.
Fashion ruled the courts of the "Sun King," Louis XIV
(1638-1715), and his successor, Louis XV (1710-1774). The Sun King
forced the courtiers of Versailles to adopt his grand Baroque styles. A
lighter fashion sense prevailed at the court of Louis XV, who favored
Rococo styles. There are 45 full-page black-and-white illustrations.
9780486423838
List $3.95
Great Scenes from Shakespeare’s Plays Coloring Book
By John Green
Thirty illustrations from 21 of Shakespeare's plays
include summaries of the plays, selections from appropriate text, and
captions.
9780486409603
List $3.95
Jacobean and Early Bourbon Fashions Coloring Book
By Tom Tierney
Accurate drawings of elegant apparel worn by royals
and the wealthy, and the simple fare of the common folk in 17th-century
France and England. Forty-five full-page illustrations depict figures
wearing doublets and farthingales, exquisite lace collars, bucket-top
boots, and other attire.
Forty-five finely detailed, ready-to color
illustrations in the Renaissance Fashions Coloring Book depict an
Italian peasant couple in wedding dress, children of a German royal
family garbed in velvet, an English lord and lady in riding outfits, and
more.
9780486410388
List $3.95
Sistine Chapel Coloring Book
Dover Publications
This coloring book includes 30
adaptations of Michelangelo's beautiful designs for the Sistine Chapel's
celebrated frescoes. The ready-to-color illustrations show details from "The
Flood,"" The Last Judgment,"" The Creation of Eve," and other magnificent
works.
9780486433349
List $4.95
Spanish and Moorish Fashions Coloring Book
By Tom Tierney
From the era of the Roman Empire through the rise of the
Renaissance, this coloring book presents 15 centuries of Spanish fashion.
Spanish and Moorish Fashions Coloring book spotlights the Roman-styled
garments worn by a 3rd-century farm couple to military garb of Saracen
warriors and conquistadors, plus lavish court costumes from several eras.
There are 44 black-and-white illustrations.
9780486426525
List $3.95
Story of Joan of Arc Coloring Book
By Gregory Guiteras and Mary Carolyn Waldrep
Follow the incredible story a simple
country maiden who answered a divine call to drive the English from her
country and set the dauphin atop the precarious French throne. Twenty-nine
illustrations trace Joan's progress from farm to royal court, through her
miraculous victory at Orleans, to her capture, trial, and execution.
Forty-five handsome, ready-to-color
plates depict styles worn by all social classes in 15th- and 16th-century
England -- from woolen tunics of country workers to elegant apparel of Tudor
monarchs. There are captions for the pictures.