Hellenistic Engraved Gems

Zusatztext Plantzos' work will serve as a fine but brief handbook for the nonspecialist! for it addresses simply and briefly nearly all the topics that are likely to arise regarding Hellenistic gems. Zusammenfassung This volume follows the development of Greek gem engraving from Alexander to Augustus. Hellenistic gems are studied in their archaeological context with an assessment of the evidence of their use, significance, and value. The book focuses on subject-matter, technique, and style, as well as problems of chronology and distribution.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dimitris Plantzos, Dimitris (Postdoctoral Fellow Plantzos, Plantzos Dimitris
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780198150374
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815037-4
• Pages: 260
• Thèmes: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Histoire de l'art; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ART / Sculpture & Installation, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Carvings: artworks, Ancient Greek style, Carvings, masks, reliefs