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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

English · Paperback / Softback

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"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.

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Faya Causey is the head of the academic programs department at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. She has lectured and published on a variety of subjects, but primarily on amber, antiquity, and contemporary artists and architects whose work has ancient aspects. She is also the author of Amber and the Ancient World (Getty Publications, 2012).


Summary

A comprehensive overview of ancient ambers, the only such book in English, is now revised.

Product details

Authors Faya Causey
Publisher Getty, j.paul, museum publ.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.11.2019
 
EAN 9781606066348
ISBN 978-1-60606-634-8
No. of pages 306
Series BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER
Getty Publications - (Yale)
Getty Publications -
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history

Klassik, Antike, Ausstellungskataloge, Museumskataloge und Sammlungen, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Prähistorische Kunst

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