J.paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection Revised - Editio

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Lapatin is associate curator and Karol Wight is the former senior curator in the Department of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Klappentext The J. Paul Getty Museum's antiquities collection contains objects spanning thousands of years, from Preclassical times as far back as the third millennium B.C. through A.D. 600, encompassing Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek, Etruscan, South Italian, Roman, and Romano-Egyptian artifacts. The collection at the Getty Villa includes one of the finest assemblages of ancient Greek vases in the United States; monumental marble sculptures and diminutive bronzes; Greek and Roman gems; and Hellenistic silverware, jewelry, and glass. In lively prose accompanied by full-color photographs of nearly two hundred objects, this handbook presents the most important pieces in the collection. Zusammenfassung Presents an illustrated examination of nearly two-hundred of the most important pieces in the J Paul Getty Museum's Antiquities Collection. This collection includes one of the world's finest assemblages of ancient Greek vases! monumental marble sculptures and diminutive bronzes! Greek and Roman gems! as well as Hellenistic silverware and glass.

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• Authors: . Lapatin, .. Lapatin, Kenneth Lapatin, Kenneth Wight Lapatin
• Assisted by: Kenneth Lapatin (Editor), Karol Wight (Editor), Karol B Wight (Editor), Karol B. Wight (Editor)
• Publisher: Getty, j.paul, museum publ.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2010
• EAN: 9780892369980
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-998-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications – (Yale)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques