Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain Aberdeen University - Marischal Museum Collection

Zusatztext ...the CVA is an all important guide. Klappentext This volume makes available the fascinating yet under-publicized vases in the Marischal museum, University of Aberdeen. The range includes Attic black and red figure of extremely high quality, Etruscan bucchero, and South Italian red figure. A detailed introduction discusses the history of the acquisition of the collections, collection management and display. Zusammenfassung This latest addition to the British Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum makes available the fascinating yet under-publicised vases in the Marischal museum, University of Aberdeen. The Museum houses a number of important nineteenth- and twentieth-century collections presented to the university by their individual collectors. The range includes Attic black and red figure of extremely high quality, Corinthian, East Greek, Etruscan bucchero, Italiote and Etruscan, and South Italian red figure. Professor Moignard, who has previously published Edinburgh and Glasgow collection in the CVA series, provides a detailed introduction that discusses the history of the acquisition of the collections, collection management, and display.

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[An] excellent addition to the series K.W. Arafat, The Classical Review

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth (Professor of Classical Art an Moignard
• Assisted by: Robert L. Wilkins (Photographs), Elizabeth Moignard (Editor), Moignard Elizabeth (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2007
• EAN: 9780197263761
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726376-1
• No. of pages: 102
• Series: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; ART / Ceramics, ART / History / General, ART / European, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, ART / Glass, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, British Isles, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Ceramics: artworks, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks