From the lands of the Scythians : ancient treasures from the museums of the U.S.S.R., 3000 B.C.-100 B.C. / the Metropolitan Museum of Art ; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Soviet Union. Ministerstvo kulʹtury.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Scythian--Exhibitions.

Art, Scythian.

Scythians.

Antiquities.

Russia--Antiquities.

Russia.

Ukraine--Antiquities.

Ukraine.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Dictionaries.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (33 color), maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Metropolitan Museum of Art : distributed by New York Graphic Society, [1975?]

Summary:

This book chronicles the beautiful exhibit of Scythian and Sarmatian treasures that travelled to New York and to L.A. in 1975. The Scythians and Sarmatians were the original peoples who inspired the Greek legends of the centaurs and the Amazons -- the mounted Scythian warriors seeming to be one with their horses, and the female warriors of the Sarmatians stood out so much that the legend has discarded the men of the Sarmatian tribe. Both groups lived in the area bordered by the Dneipr and Ural Rivers to the east and west respectively, and by the Black Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Caspian Sea to the south.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"From the Lands of the Scythians : Organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the U.S.S.R., this loan exhibition has been made possible through the assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman."--Page 3.

Exhibition held in 1975.

Other Format:

Online version: From the lands of the Scythians.

ISBN:

0870991434 :

9780870991431

OCLC:

2136979