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Greco-Scythian art and the birth of Eurasia : from classical antiquity to Russian modernity / Caspar Meyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyer, Hans-Caspar, 1975-
- Series:
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Scythian.
- Scythians.
- Scythia Minor--History.
- Scythia Minor.
- Scythia Minor--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 431 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : OUP, 2013.
- Summary:
- Drawing on evidence from archaeology, art history, and textual sources to contextualize Greco-Scythian metalwork in ancient society, Meyer offers unique introductions to the archaeology of Scythia and its ties to Asia and classical Greece, modern museum and visual culture studies, and the intellectual history of classics in Russia and the West.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Discovering Greco-Scythian art
- Classical art and Russian identity
- Defining the corpus : Chronology, technique, distribution
- Political monuments of the early Spartocid State
- Looking at Greco-Scythian art
- Greco-Scythian art in practice
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180855-5
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