ISBN:
9781606066355
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1606066358
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9781606060513
,
1606060511
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (297 pages)
,
color illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Causey, Faya Ancient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Keywords:
J. Paul Getty Museum Catalogs
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J. Paul Getty Museum
;
Amber art objects Catalogs
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Art objects, Ancient Catalogs
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Art objects, Etruscan Catalogs
;
Art objects Catalogs
;
Objets d'art en ambre - Catalogues
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Objets d'art antiques - Catalogues
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Objets d'art étrusques - Catalogues
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Objets d'art - Californie - Los Angeles - Catalogues
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ART / General
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Amber art objects
;
Art objects
;
Art objects, Ancient
;
Art objects, Etruscan
;
Catalogs
;
Collection catalogs
;
Collection catalogs
;
Catalogues de collection
;
California - Los Angeles
;
History of the arts
Abstract:
"This catalogue provides a general introduction to amber in the ancient world followed by detailed catalogue entries for fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the J. Paul Getty Museum. The volume concludes with technical notes about scientific investigations of these objects and Baltic amber"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Amber and the ancient world -- Jewelry: never just jewelry -- Amber magic? -- What is amber? -- Where is amber found? -- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- The bronze age -- Early iron age and the orientalizing period -- The archaic and afterward -- The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects -- Catalogue -- Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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