02865oam 22005414a 450 991040413180332120241204165354.01-60606-634-X(CKB)4100000011302001(OCoLC)1107159551(MdBmJHUP)muse85644(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40841(oapen)doab40841(EXLCZ)99410000001130200120190614h20192019 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAncient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty MuseumFaya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael SchillingGetty Publications1 online resource1-60606-635-8 Includes bibliographical references.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."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.Art objectsCaliforniaLos AngelesCatalogsArt objects, EtruscanCatalogsArt objects, AncientCatalogsAmber art objectsCatalogsCollection catalogs.Art objectsArt objects, EtruscanArt objects, AncientAmber art objects709.0109794/94Causey Faya983663Schilling Michael(Michael Roy),Khanjian HerantMaish JeffreyJ. Paul Getty Museum,MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910404131803321Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum2439552UNINA