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Ancient art from Cyprus the Cesnola collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Vassos Karageorghis in collaboration with Joan R. Mertens and Marice E. Rose
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, 1832-1904--Art collections--Catalogs.
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di.
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, 1832-1904.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Catalogs.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).
- Art, Ancient--Cyprus--Catalogs.
- Art, Ancient.
- Art, Cypriot--Catalogs.
- Art, Cypriot.
- Art--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs.
- Art.
- Antiquities.
- Cyprus--Antiquities--Catalogs.
- Cyprus.
- Art--Private collections.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Collection catalogs
- Catalogs
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 305 pages) illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
- Distribution:
- Distributed by H.N. Abrams [2000]
- Place of Publication:
- New York Metropolitan Museum of Art [2000]
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- "The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the richest and most varied representation, outside Cyprus, of Cypriot antiquities. These works were purchased by the newly established Museum in the mid-1870s from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola, a Civil War cavalry officer who had amassed the objects while serving as the American consul on Cyprus." "This catalogue is published on the occasion of the opening of the Museum's four permanent galleries for ancient art from Cyprus. It is also the first scholarly publication since 1914 devoted to the Cesnola Collection (which totals approximately six thousand objects). The volume features some five hundred pieces from the collection, illustrated in new color photography. Dating from about 2500 B.C. to about A.D. 300, these works rank among the finest examples of Cypriot art from the prehistoric, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Among the objects are monumental sculpture; weapons, tools, and domestic utensils; vases, lamps, and ritual paraphernalia; dedicatory figurines; engraved sealstones and jewelry; and luxury objects."--Jacket
- Contents:
- I. The Prehistoric Period (CA. 10,000-CA. 1050 B.C.)
- II. The Cypro-Geometric and Cypro-Archaic Periods (CA. 1050-CA. 480 B.C.)
- III. The Cypro-Classical Period (CA. 480-CA. 310 B.C.)
- IV. The Hellenistic and Roman Periods (CA. 310 B.C.-CA. A.D. 330)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-305)
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Ancient art from Cyprus
- OCLC:
- 606428078
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