Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (297 pages)
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color illustrations
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9781606066355
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1606066358
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9781606060513
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1606060511
Inhalt:
"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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references
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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.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781606066348
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Causey, Faya Ancient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019] ISBN 9781606066348
Sprache:
Englisch
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