Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum / Faya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling

• Autore: Causey Faya
• Pubblicazione: Getty Publications
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 709.0109794/94
• Soggetto topico: Art objects - California - Los Angeles; Art objects, Etruscan; Art objects, Ancient; Amber art objects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Collection catalogs.
• Persona (resp. second.): SchillingMichael (Michael Roy); KhanjianHerant; MaishJeffrey
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum
• ISBN: 1-60606-634-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910404131803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II