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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Faya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Causey, Faya, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art objects--California--Los Angeles--Catalogs.
- Art objects.
- Art objects, Etruscan--Catalogs.
- Art objects, Etruscan.
- Art objects, Ancient--Catalogs.
- Art objects, Ancient.
- Amber art objects--Catalogs.
- Amber art objects.
- J. Paul Getty Museum--Catalogs.
- J. Paul Getty Museum.
- Genre:
- Collection catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Getty Publications
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-60606-634-X
- OCLC:
- 1107159551
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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